( it's a not surprising response, but it's not one that exactly pleases him. even if these are conditions naib was ultimately used to, it's not something he'd have wished for a friend. why is it that he was chosen for this kind of treatment, when naib has such a kind heart? what differs them, ultimately? that eli has never been quite normal, born with the great eye and the very ability to see the future? are people thrown into these cells solely because they weren't born with powers? )

... It's fancy. Far fancier than the Manor. I'm not really sure what to make of it.

( especially not now, that they've put a dear friend behind a locked cell. his cellmates, when he looks at them behind his blindfold — not the same he had before, they've given him a new one after he requested it —, don't seem too pleased to see him here. he worries for a second, that they won't be pleased to know naib is friends with him. )

How long have you been here, like this? Why did they put you here?