Pāhonoa te oro

‎Imagine knowing… that what’s about to happen to you will be slow… painful… and impossible to escape. ‎ ‎Not in a nightmare… but in real life. ‎ ‎In the past, execution wasn’t always about ending a life quickly. In many cases, it was designed to do the opposite… to stretch time… and turn seconds into what felt like forever. ‎ ‎Crowds would gather in silence, filling the streets and town squares. Not because they wanted to be there… but because they needed to see it. Because this wasn’t just puni