[The circus is well lit with bright splashes of colour everywhere, though here and there there are quiet, dark, neglected corners.
Doll lets go of Anna's hand, climbing up the ladder to the highwire. She takes a tentative step, arms stretched out for balance, but it's apparent she can't balance well, not without having any depth perception, and for what seems like a long moment tips over, falling, falling...
Except she's still up there, older now, in her circus costume. There's a young, broken body on the floor where she would have fallen, but even though it's about the size she'd been, the features are different.
But up on the tightwire, Doll seems oblivious to all of this.]
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Date: 2010-01-14 09:38 pm (UTC)Doll lets go of Anna's hand, climbing up the ladder to the highwire. She takes a tentative step, arms stretched out for balance, but it's apparent she can't balance well, not without having any depth perception, and for what seems like a long moment tips over, falling, falling...
Except she's still up there, older now, in her circus costume. There's a young, broken body on the floor where she would have fallen, but even though it's about the size she'd been, the features are different.
But up on the tightwire, Doll seems oblivious to all of this.]