He wasn't shot, nor was he flogged, but someone tried suspending him up into the air. The rope snapped---no, it dissolved into oblivion; the poor boy was left to ponder the events that followed. Fate, it seems, has spared him for now. See also: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/915357483/
art: me do not repost without credit originally shared on sep 16 2025, reshared on may 23 2026
