Chapter 3: A new Acquaintance
Some time has passed, how much time exactly is difficult to determine. As the room Arion is located in has no windows or anything that can give a slight hint to what time of the day it currently is. He is certain though, that at least 2 days have passed so far, since he met the glowing orb. In this span of time nothing has actually happened. The guard has made his usual rounds to check upon the different slaves in the cages. As Arion did not want to annoy the guard, to avoid being hit like before, he was as quiet as possible, for the whole time.
Suddenly three other guards enter the room, "Oh, finally something is happening", Arion thought. The guards all wear the same middle age style cloths and have some kind of weapon on them. Either a sword or something in between of a machete and a large hunting knife. Due to the fact that the guards are on the other side of the room, he can't understand what they are conversing about. Four other guards enter the room as well and start walking towards the cage closest to him. Arion, trying not to stare too obviously, attempts to analyze the situation. The two of the four guards push and the other two pull the cage left closer to him. The other four man in the room start to do the same with other enclosures, as if they are making room for something. After the eight man in total have made quite an amount of free space, they all leave together without saying a single word.
Finally, without being guarded and another cage being close enough so that he can whisper to the person next to him. "Hey, what do you think they are doing?", he whispers to the other slave, without looking directly at him. "What they always do", a girly voice answers. Astonished by the voice Arion takes a look at the girl. She has shoulder long bright white hair and shiny green eyes and seems to be around his age. startled he says: "What they always do?", as he does not understand what she means. The girl turning her head, takes a closer look and remarks: "Right your cage was the one that fell of the wagon. We arrived here a while ago and you were unconscious, so obviously you don't know. Basically from time to time, people come and people go. Similar to wares being sold and new wares being stocked up." Arion still being amazed by the bright hair and shiny eyes thinks: "If only it would be better lightened here, I could take a better look at her". At the exact moment he finishes his thought, out of nowhere a bright light appears in the front of the girls cage.
The light then again is followed by sudden intense pain coming from the chains around his hands and legs. It is so strong that it directly sends him to the ground shivering and whining. "That was extremely unwise, what you just did.", uttered the girl, followed by a large sigh. Arion still lying on the ground unable to move, as his muscles cramped because of the sheer amount of pain.
Not knowing what actually happened, Arion attempts to face the pain the best he can. He changes his breathing to deep inhaling and exhaling. This allows him to endure the suffering, while it is slowly decreasing. "What just happened? Where was that pain coming from? And what exactly was that light coming up? And why did it show up the same time I wanted it to show up?", are just some of the questions that run through his head at this moment. His unstructured and chaotic thinking is interrupted by noise coming from the entrance of the room. The guards that beforehand left the room are now pushing in new cages. As the new enclosures have now been placed, the only guard that stays behind is the same that makes his rounds in the room.
Finally being able to move again, Arion lifts himself up in an upright sitting position. He moves himself to the left side of his cage so he can easier converse with the white haired girl. "And, learned your lesson?" she asked. Unsure of what really happened he answered: "Well I don't really want to go through that again, so I think". "Why are you actually in here?", asked Arion. "Why are you asking such an obvious question? This is the same for everyone." she snapped at him. "It would probably be for the best not to tell the truth. What would she think if I said that I met a weird glowing entity that talks", he speculated. So he simply says: "Well since the fall I can't really remember anything except my name, so I'm Arion, nice to meet you". The girl declares, "I am Lana, not that that matters in here anyway, as slaves do not have any names".
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