"Do you think they will kill us soon?" A man inside a prison cell asked, his eyes lifeless. He was one of the servants of merchants that Athos captured, currently in the keep's prison. His body was thin and his cheeks sunk against his face, clearly suffering from malnutrition.
Athos had ordered the skeletons to keep the prisoners alive, but did not specify how well they were to be treated. The skeletons did not take care of any of the prisoners' basic needs, only following the ambiguous orders they were given.
All of them were put in just four cells, despite having almost thirty of them. Each received only a single meal a day and never left the cell, being forced to shit or piss on the floor and live with the smell for the last few days.
The prison did not have a toilet, as it was only intended to be a temporary punishment for soldiers who got out of line. In a fortress where all customers were soldiers who had the authority to arrest him, no merchant dared to step out of line.
