Content Warning: This section of the guide features descriptions of child abuse and animal cruelty and/or death.

A boy is taken by men, brought to a mountain cave, and chained up. The cave is uninhabited by a large creature, but it does not eat him. The boy’s life is sustained for an uncertain amount of time. Every few days, the creature drags him out of the cave by his chains, swings him through the air, drops him into an icy lake, and then carries him back to the cave again. Once a month, the creature uses a sharp protrusion to suck at the boy’s bone marrow, covering his back in scars. The boy remembers nothing of his identity, but prays that someone will come to save him. When the boy strikes his chains together in the cave, they create sparks, allowing him to glimpse a small insect on the cave wall. He sees the insect only once, though he is so desperate for companionship that he strikes his chains many times, hoping to see it again.

The boy grows into a youth and becomes strong enough to escape the creature. When the creature takes him out of the cave, he swings out of its grasp and lands in a forest.