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A list of recrih my mind I should have stayed at an inn as Janco had wanted and then visited Fisk in the ates would have hidden us Too bad I hadn’t thought of this sooner I’d grown lazy, relying on er a habit of et us killed Not this ti us to the Citadel’s jail, Ro cells in the basement of the Council Hall No surprise that the ned the order to arrest ht And I probably shouldn’t be shocked that they didn’t incarcerate me in the Keep’s special cells--the ones that blocked a prisoner’s hout the Citadel and Sitia

While they searched Ari and Janco and removed a substantial pile of weapons and lock picks, they only perfor side effect of being considered har else

We were locked in three adjoining cells, the guards departed and theus in utter blackness I groped for the bed and tried to get co

"Ah, just like old ti? It’s just like alet tired of being arrested all the tiht I forgot about our last mission We weren’t locked up, just tied down My mistake"

"Give it a rest, Janco," Ari said

"Yeah, well, it seems every time I’m in Sitia, I’m thrown into jail Do you think they’ll staet a prize if I’ve been in them all"

"What’s the plan?" Ari asked "Do either of you have a set--"

"This place gives ic in use nearby

Aus in soives you the creeps," Ari said, but he didn’t sound as exasperated as usual

"Not everything There are a few things that don’t bother me"

"What about you, Yelena?" Ari asked

They had switched to talking in code I replayed their co Ari was about to ask if we had a set of lock picks and frouessed he did

"There are a couple things that givelocked in a cell isn’t one," I said In other words, yes, I had two sets of lock picks on me, but we should stay put I’d hoped to convince the Council of our innocence, and escaping would be a guilty action

"Do you think we’ll have visitors?" Ari asked

"I’ to explain what’s going on"

"As long as that annoying little bloodsucker doesn’t show up, I’ll be happy," Janco said