Labyrinth

Empty words; a ribbon of false hope absorbed by the most naïve of people. Three abstruse syllables that annihilated a certain girl internally and left evidence of acrimony in her scarred little mind.
Candice had never been taught how beneficial she was to the world. She was afraid of her very own voice because nobody told her it was okay to use it. Hermione used circumlocution to get her point across, and Candice一well Candice didn't. She learned to live with her mouth closed. Candice tried to stand up, but it felt like her legs were tied down to the pits of Hell.