[He'd sat huddled at the back of his prison, legs bent and knees pressed against his eyelids, but then he hears Jae-Ha and his head snaps up. Suddenly, he can't move fast enough to the bars. The boy's eyes are bloodshot - too much crying - and despite still being dressed in his morning robes, they're patterned with dirt and dust from rough handling.

But he's alive. Exhausted and face somehow pale in the dimness, but alive.]

Reiju-- She said Father has the key -- [There's fear and another round of tears hiding in his voice] S-so she couldn't get me out by herself--

[The words come out in babble as he reaches forward, hiccuping over his tongue and bottom lip starting to quiver.] She said you'd have to leave before Father found you--