"Just-Just get it over with...please...i-if you have to do it..."
Calix noticed that he was clenching his hands into the hard stone floor he was sitting on-he was trembling, although he was trying his best to hide it
"...NO!"
He shrank back against the wall of the cell, hating himself for doing so but unable to hide his fear.
His eyes were drawn to his wings...they were unlike any Calix had ever seen, and the source of the soft glow...he noticed a few, small moths fluttering around them, attracted to the light