Absolutely chilling ending, it makes me really, really… sad. I felt like I was in the audience, the descriptions placed me right there, as a small ambiguous face among many others staring on from the darkness. Even though this isn’t written in past tense, rather an idea of how the near future would play out, I feel like you used that style with a good reason in mind. It’s really really sad, ultimately, my heart goes out to this beautiful, young, innocent character you created. But bravo! (standing ovation).
Good gods this is so powerful. I’m with Tad, I watched her on the tightrope in the audience, and I felt horror at the thought of what would come next. Poor thing.