Alas, one day, he returned home to find his beloved kitten nailed to the window sill, with a long and thick wire pierced through its throat. A young member of his family had pulled a cruel prank on him.
He was absolutely heart-broken but stubbornly refused to shed a tear.
A jealous child within the household was frustrated with him and, having nowhere to vent the anger on, resorted to torturing his pet to death, instead.
He did not cry and merely went to bury the kitten quietly.
He might have sworn to become the strongest of the strong henceforth. No one would dare to bully him in this way again.
As the man came around from his rumination, he subconsciously clenched her protectively and tightly with his hands.
She was roused by his suffocating action. When she looked up to see his perturb face, she inquired uneasily, "What happened?"
"Nothing much."
