Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-11457306-20140704014014/@comment-11457306-20140704022013

Saga, in spite of herself, snorted with amusement at the thought of managing to kill the giant man and eat him. "Me, kill you?" She snorted again, then she started to cry in earnest.

"You....do not...understand," she said between sobs. "I have been here five years.  I have lasted longer than many.  But I am nearing the end of my strength, Raig.  Why do you think there are so few old ones here?  They do not live to see old age!  The lucky ones die in the arena.  The unlucky ones die in the mines, being beaten because they cannot mine enough ore!  We are kept alive only as long as we are useful.  I needed that meal.  Without food I cannot work.  If I cannot work, they will kill me!  And do not say that you will protect me. You cannot.  They will use as many guards as they need to subdue you."

She was quiet a moment, wiping the tears from her eyes. "Yes, there are rumors that someone escaped some years ago.  Out through another cell block which was walled up after they left.  That is all I know.  Please let me be now.  If I cannot eat, I must at least sleep."

She turned back to the wall and closed her eyes.