He couldn’t let anyone see that he was writing. It was one thing for him to carve the date or initials, despite the laws that barred people like him from writing. That might be risky, but it was another thing, entirely, to form a full sentence. This was to court danger in the most direct way. But as he drew a tool across the surface, Moses felt the ache in his soul dull slightly. Lord Have Mercy, Moses wrote, then mumbled the words to himself. Lord have mercy.
