The Tumbler's Fall

The sun was rising over the walls around the city, lighting up the rooftops and making all the tiled ones shine like everything was on fire. It was just another beautiful sight that Sophie had never noticed before. She'd seen so many sunrises and sunsets from inside the city walls, but she'd never really considered how lovely it was.

( It took sitting alone in the prison tower, waiting for her sentence to be handed down, for her to really appreciate it. )