Run 「走る」

I don't know what
I expected,
but it was definitely
not
this.

The Runner Boy
gets up, his knees
locking in place
as he winces.

He pries open the doors
with physical strength alone,
and all I can think is
why doesn't he defend himself
from his attackers?

I open my mouth to ask him,
but by the time I form the words to do it,
he's gone.

The only evidence that he was ever here
are my two missing bandages.