not so silent anymore

Fire doesn’t cleanse, it blackens

              "I don't have a daddy like                the other children do."

                  ❝ You from here ?                                         Can you tell me where I am. ❞

            And timid smile would illuminate the                 youth's   pale    visage,   head  bowing                 slightly   and  small   hands  grasping                  at    the    plum-colored    skirt   of   her                 uniform.                            He isn't upset with her -- g o o d.                 "Silent Hill, West Virginia. A lotta people                 get  lost  here,  I   think.  They   keep  on                 driving and... then they end up here." 

     Have — have you lost your mother ??      Are      you      looking      for      her ??”

             "No, you just... looked like               her for a second. I'm s-sorry." 

                 ”You know every person that lives                    here? Aren’t you an observant child.”

              "This town is very small... Everyone                 knows everyone.                 Wh-- where are you from?" 

"I don’t want to lose you! You’re all I have left!"