"I can't spend any more time on this damp floor," you protest as the guard comes around the next mealtime. "Do you want me to be crippled when Zhan-Ukhel comes to collect me?"
The guard thinks for a while before responding. "Maybe you're right," he says. "Very well, ten minutes walking around the yard—and I'll be watching you."
The guard unlocks your cell and leads you down the passage, out into another part of the prison. It's centered around a small courtyard, quite possibly the one which Utrio's chambers overlooked. One side of the courtyard is taken up by a very large cell containing a number of dejected-looking slaves. Looking around, you see what appears to be the only exit from the prison complex: a large wooden door set into an alcove just off the courtyard that must lead into Utrio's palace.
You begin to walk over to it, but the guard puts his hand on your shoulder. "Time's up," he says. "Back to your cell."
"A promising start," says Drazha as you settle back against the wall of your cell. "What do we do now?"
"We need to get out of the prison and into the palace," you tell her. "I'm not sure how, but I'll think of something."
The Next Morning