The situation has escalated far beyond what Mina might have anticipated. She would not have expected under normal circumstances for Malia to stick up for her, especially not when her own life was at stake. So that was something that she had not been expecting in the least and one thing that makes her fill with a distinct sensation of utter guilt. She knew that had the tables been turned, she would not have done the same and it makes Malia the better person in this case. She looks like she is about to open her own mouth to say something when things escalate even further.<br/><br/>Malia, naked and bound, throws herself at their accuser.<br/><br/>She watches in horror as things start to escalate even further. Guards draw their blades. A man rises from the flames filled with a pure fury that could not be sated. A rather vicious looking elf takes to a swing of the fist at an armored skull. The brazier bearer panics and the torchbearers hardly know what do with themselves. Malia starts to writhe in her bonds, intending to help.<br/><br/>That rapidly ends when the guard on her detail pins her down with the full weight of his body and places a dagger right against her neck. Her eyes go wide and she squeaks out in a tiny sounding voice, allowing just enough movement of her throat to feel the dagger all too close:<strong>"P-Please don't kill me..."</strong>Any hope of joining in the rebellion is ended with being pinned so easily for the time being, not wanting to prompt the man into finishing that motion of the blade.