Terribly Tiny Places
“Psst. Hey. Hey, gap-tooth!”
Tilly awoke with a start and flailed about in his pillow pile, eyes wide but out of focus. The large bell on his collar chimed. The youth frantically fumbled to silence it.
A chuckle came from outside the bars to his home and Tilly blushed with shame. It was still dark in the Room outside. He didn’t know exactly who was out there - any number of folk from communities in the Walls, in the Floors, Outside. Word travelled, he was famous. Everyone wanted to see him.
“Whada they got ya wearing this time?”
Well, everyone wanted to see what he was wearing and then jeer at him.