"I did what I had to do, Your Majesty, because no one was telling me about his whereabouts, and if you'd decided to punish me for going against your rules, I'll accept it. But first, I need to know what is wrong with my husband," Ave said as she tried to keep her true emotions out of her voice. She had been terrified down there when she stepped on a human hand, but now she was mostly still in shock rather than terror and needed answers. She wanted to know why he was like that and was chained up in the dark while they were all back to their human forms.