"I think...we'd best speak of this in private, hmm?" The woman replied, glancing at the other girls and shrugging. "I'll let them decide in the rooms set aside for the night, while the servants get them ready. Men? Please take care of it."<br/><br/>The guards quickly began moving to herd the girls into a side door, and Angela gestured to follow her into a different room. She led the way into a plush sitting room and gestured to a comfortable chair as she rang a bell. A few minutes later a pretty woman poked her head in, and Angela spoke calmly. "Chocolate, please? Hot? And...I think some soup for our guest. I can imagine what they fed her, the brutes."<br/><br/>After the woman left, Angela regarded Naael and spoke softly. "I'm not asking you to serve in<em>any</em>manner. She was<em>sold.</em>She was sent into the Labrynth by her new owner. Do you even know what the Labrynth<em>is</em>?"<br/><br/>Without waiting for a response, she continued. "The Labrynth is the citadel where the Avatar was killed. It's populated by monsters and villains which not even<em>this</em>city wants to see the light of day. Yet, many of the powerful maintain scrying spells within, to search the place for<em>entertainment</em>to watch. That's what she was sent in for. Some of them even<em>direct</em>the creatures to particularly...<em>inspiring</em>heroes that get sent within. And, with the changes my Mistress made to me, I can sense that you're pure. You'd draw the monsters like moths to the flame."<br/><br/>Looking Naael in the eye steadily, Angela spoke softly. "I can get you<em>into</em>the Labrynth, and even give you equipment to do so. But unless we do something about your aura, you won't last long. I<em>can</em>help...if you let me."