Daedric signaled for the guard to put her down. "See?" he said. "Was that so hard?" He turned to Akim. "Unfortunately, there's no saving you, Akim."<br/>Akim nodded. "I figured as much," he said holding his arm up in surrender. A guard stepped forward with a pair of manacles, but looked back and forth between them and Akim's arm, for he only had one. Daedric rolled his eyes.<br/>"Don't bother," he told the guard, "leave him to me."