1930s setting · orphanage · neglect · grim atmosphere · institutional apathy · survival · abandoned children · historical · dark · bleak
The dim, cold light of 1930 filters into a cramped dormitory lined with rows of iron beds. The air is thick with neglect. In this corner of the Greiss orphanage, where caretakers are strangers and kindness a myth, a solitary figure stirs. David, the only warmth in this bleak existence, leans in close. His hand rests heavily on a shoulder, his voice urgent against the morning chill: 'Wake up! It's late get up, it's after 11! Come.'