Speak up

After practically, trying my best to convince Holden of the fact that the strange rude lady... had somehow found it in herself to let me go; he didn't seem all that convinced.

So, I had to come up with a story saying: 'She had realized her mistake after he had fallen unconscious and had let us go.'

And when he asked about how we had left there without being attacked by demons or having to go up a hundred feet to get to the surface. Which could practically take a life time.

I simply gave him another stilly answer. 'I don't know how, but whatever magic stuff she did... got us here.'

After that I strictly refused to take anymore questions. Already confused at the answers I gave him myself. I knew he wasn't convinced, even a lame man would know I was lying.

First, before he had passed out, she had bluntly refused to let us go. She even went as far as being rude to the point of knocking him out. And the only thing I could do was paint her nice? '