[PQ] Throw Away the Key

Zariah smirked, watching Remi create the keys and fix the locks. With thin, delicate finger she took the proffered keys and pocketed them. ”I see…I didn’t not tell you to stay quiet…but did I tell you that you could speak of our activities?” she countered, catching him in a lose-lose game where he was the only player. From within each cell she picked up rusted and worn manacles and chains, allowing the click of her heels and the rattle of the metal to be all he heard for a time. ”These need fixing too.” she said, dropping the pile of restraints in front of him with a loud clatter, hoping he would jump, as nervous as he was. She knelt when he did, now in front of him and her nose very near his. ”Tell me, Remi…did you tell anyone about the other things you made me? Now be honest, dear one…” she said, still in that silky smooth tone. While Edrei was making the room especially terrifying, her little companion, whilst cleaning up the carcasses of roasted flinthoppers would come across something much more bothersome. A giant Bloatbeetle, having crawled into the cellar to be away from the heat, slow moving and quite content in its darkened corner. Woohooo, let’s keep the train going. Zariah Come join the chorus of the unimpressed