Silina heard the groan and being the person she was suddenly felt compassion for the girl's plight despite her own reservations.<em> "Maybe she had no choice but to live the way she did..  we DO live in desperate times, " </em>she mused to herself.   "Well lets just see what you're about Miss," she whispered to herself.<br/><br/>Putting her mouth a little closer to the crack in the door she said softly, "A Friend."