"She is back here," Kalli told me, leading me to a back room alone. I had asked Nya to wait for me while I talked to Lady Katarina, but Kalli was the person working the front door. "Sorry about before. I get a little carried away sometimes."
I looked up at the big woman, who looked awkward now as she guided me to the back section of the Barracks where the cells were. Once we reached the far door, Kalli fumbled with a key ring, but I could see that her hands were shaking.
"Kalli, are you okay?" I asked, putting a hand over hers, and looked up in surprise to see that Kalli was crying. "What's wrong?!"
"I don't want to get sent back! I am sorry for what I said before; just don't let her send me back!" Kalli cried, dropping the keys as her entire body began to shake.
This was a strange situation since I was half the size of this woman, and it made it very hard for me to comfort her in any meaningful way. What was she supposed to do? Lean a hip on my shoulder to cry on?
