He had to admit, as she told him that she'd been taken from her home, brought here, and became a prisoner.  To be honest, he knew to an extent at least, what that was like.  Granted, he wasn't what the people in charge commonly called monsters, but he had dealt with issues close to that.  At least, it was in his head.<br/><br/>Arik blinked as she seemed almost to falter after she had knelt down in the grass, and he smiled softly when the pink flowers bloomed among the grass.  He signed to her.  "I cannot just leave you here to get the tray of food." he told her, and then smiled softly.  "How about we rest here a while, and then we can go back to the room to get the food for you?  After that, we can come back outside.  And I am certain that we can come out here every day.  They have assigned me to assist you while you are here, so you will be seeing me often, I think."