that spark of something that no one else could possibly bring out in me . i swallowed hard as blood threatened to make its way out . the water whispers against the shore and fills the silence left in the wake of my question . i was fully aware of the gravity of my situation , and yet that was the one thought that circled my mind the moment he lifted me so that my face was directly in front of his . i back up farther into my cell , hiding the empty water bucket behind my back . 