A compelling short fantasy story where a girl has been help captive for exactly 238 days because she has been discovered of having powers. She can either heal people, or suck the life right out of them. She has been stuck there for 238 day, trying to keep herself from going insane, so she counts. She counts days, minutes, hours. She counts the footsteps outside of her cell. until one day, teh footsteps stop. And she is forced to make a decision that will shape the rest of her life.