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Onatha sat; eyes wide as the green haired woman stepped in and asked the man to spare her. She had stepped between the desk and the man. Onatha didn’t breathe.
Keys rattled on the desk. Onatha blinked at them. She looked up as he walked away, bumping the man with the sword as he passed him. “Did he just tell them to deal with me? The keys...he left them.” Onatha simply stared at them. The green haired woman picked up the keys and seemed to be mulling over the situation for a moment. “Please, please unlock it....” Onatha silently begged but didn’t dare open her mouth in case the woman instantly regretted getting involved. The woman crouched, white dress brushing the dusty floor, and unlocked the shackles.

Onatha heard the click. She heard it every day when they moved her from here to her bed but it sounded different in her ears. The woman stood, brushed her dress and simply called the group away. Onatha stared. Under her the metal fell away from her ankles. The rattle made Onatha jump. In front of her the group was moving away.
Wary and unsure Onatha stood. She followed them. The woman wouldn’t know where everything was. Onatha had been interrupted before she could tell her. “I...excuse me...I can help...” Onatha walked behind the one of the men quietly. “If you give me the list I can tell you where everything is.“ She didn’t know what to do. They were moving and if she didn’t stay near them one of the other scholars was sure to stop her and to chain her back up. Onatha pushed past the men, trying to get to the green haired woman.

“If you give it to me I will help. I owe you something, anything...”