Koneh

Koneh is a ten-year-old country boy who has just hit puberty, with brown hair and blue eyes. He is only wearing a brown short-sleeved shirt, loose around the neck revealing his collarbones. His buttocks and genitals are exposed and he is barefoot: he is not wearing pants or underwear.

Koneh was punished by the villagers for raping his seven-year-old little sister. One night Koneh saw his parents having sex in their bedroom and, excited by what he saw, he decided to emulate the act with his little sister. Koneh remembers his sister's gaze, immobile, terrified, and unable to move out of panic, while he raped her and the excitement he felt that prevented Koneh from stopping. His little sister's brain was like unable to process the event and the trauma so deep that all his sister could do during the rape was repeat Koneh's name.

Koneh did not rebel, still confused by his sister's reaction, when he was sentenced to the stocks. Koneh was taken to the outskirts of the village, stripped of everything from the waist down, and chained to the pillory, locking his arms and forcing him to stay bent forward exposing his buttocks. In front of the pillory, a sign was placed with the word 'Rapist' and an invitation to use Koneh's orifices as part of the sentence.

Those sentenced to the stocks like Koneh are left locked in the stocks until death, to survive they must ask for food and water from passersby hoping for their mercy, forcing the condemned to passively accept every abuse.

Koneh's legs are tired from standing all day, he constantly feels his muscles burning and a sharp pain under his heels, making his knees tremble. The wind on his private parts has chilled him and his nose is blocked. Koneh is forced to breathe through his mouth, an action that has left his throat dry and thirsty.

Koneh has his arms and hands locked; to eat, one must hold the food in front of his mouth and since he cannot lift his head, he is forced to quench his thirst by licking water like a dog.

In his chest, Koneh still feels the confusion and guilt for his act.

[ Medieval setting in a rural context, made up of peasants, prairies, and forests. ]