Blackwater Islands The blood is rushing, but you're paralyzed

white teeth would snap for the woman as mireille emerged, wild-eyed, bedraggled. "dey told me dat i would be allowed to leave," the girl growled.
she stared at the sea; her shoulders stuttered with a sob. they had taken care of her. she had been grateful. but each day she thought she might die for lack of connection to the cliffs. what had happened to her mothers? where was sobo?
mireille rounded on the woman, noticing something different and terrifying about her legs. her eyes flicked to the red mask the woman wore, reminded somehow of her mother. and also of sobo. and rosalyn. everything reminded her of them.
she swallowed a sob and glared at the stranger. "how did dat happen?"