Yes.

Your eyes widen in surprise as Dawn escorts in two lizard people. You'd heard tales from slavers who'd seen them sold to wealthy individuals. You weren't even sure if they were real, and you'd never expected to actually see any, much less talk with them. In fact the irony of you having previously believed their only worth was as slaves, and now they are visiting you, a prisoner, is not lost on you. The child seems to be either shy or frightened of you as she stays behind the adult, only sticking her head out to the side to look you up and down.

"So which one of you is the Priestess and which is Grimlok" you ask with a smirk.

"I am the Priestess, and this one is Grimlok" the adult lizard answers gesturing at herself and then to the child.

"Oh...er...I had known that already...I was just making a joke" you reply.

"Can you explain the joke please" the Priestess asks.

"Um...it is just an adult would probably be the Priestess so that would mean...I was just...you know what, it doesn't matter. I was told you wished to speak with me, so here I am, right where they left me. What did you wish to speak about" you ask sounding a little annoyed that she didn't get the joke.

"Since we have chosen to live with humans we wish to learn about all humans. It is our understanding that you have a criminal past" the Priestess states.

"Mmm...you could say that I suppose, but a lot of the laws that I broke were not that big of a deal. Like carrying a weapon to defend myself when the law stated I couldn't carry a weapon" you reply.

"This is the extent of your criminal past" the Priestess asks making you chuckle nervously.

"Um...no. I have murdered. I have...**** myself on others. I have done and sold every **** I could get my hands on. Probably the most common thing I did was steal. It just gave me a nice feeling whenever I did" you tell her. You can see Grimlok come out from behind the Priestess still clutching onto the Priestess.

"The act of stealing more than likely gave you adrenaline and dopamine, as well as other natural hormones your body produces. That is why it likely felt good to you" Dawn states. You look at her and raise your eyebrow.

"I don't know what any of that meant" you say shrugging your shoulders. Dawn opens her mouth to explain more, but you hold your hand up to stop her. It is hard to tell, but it almost looks like the Priestess smirks at your interaction with Dawn.

"What of the ****. Did that satisfy something for you" the Priestess asks.

"I didn't ever **** anyone who didn't need murdered" you reply.

"Did you not attempt to **** John when the two of you first met" Dawn asks frowning.

"Nah...I was just going to poke him in the kidney with my knife a couple times. He'd have been fine once he had a healing potion in him. I was trying to teach him a lesson" you reply smirking.

"And after that when you were hunting him" Dawn asks smirking back.

"I was trying to capture him" you frown.

"For what purpose" the Priestess asks.

"Is that what this is? Using a priestess and a child to make me give you information" you ask crossing your arms looking at Dawn.

"What are you referring to" the Priestess asks, but you remain silent.

"We have wanted him to divulge who he was working for when he showed up with an army at his back. We will not **** the information, so we have hoped he will tell us on his own" Dawn replies when you don't offer any more information.

"I see. Apologies for inserting my snout where it does not belong. It was not my intention to create more animosity between anyone" the Priestess says bowing slightly.

"Doesn't matter" you reply waving your hand dismissively.

"Can I touch your hand" you hear Grimlok ask. You jump a little when you are startled to find Grimlok standing right next to you. You look over at the Priestess and then back to Grimlok as if to confirm it is the same little kid.

"Why" you ask holding your arm away from her.

"Because it looks pretty" Grimlok replies innocently. You relax a little bit as you lower your arm to her.

"First time anyone said any part of me was pretty" you say offering her your hand. You watch as she excitedly reaches out for your hand. Like a kid who just got a present, or when you saw something you wanted to steal. She gently takes your hand and traces her finger along your palm. Your fingers twitch as you are surprised to find it is a ticklish feeling. She then takes one of your fingers between her index finger and thumb to test its movement. Next she gently squeezes up and down your forearm. Tingles run down your spine and you feel yourself getting goosebumps from the almost massage like quality of her exploration of your arm.

"Does it hurt" she asks as her examination continues.

"My arm? Not really...it just feels...different" you reply watching her turn your arm over.

"But you can still feel things with it" she asks looking up at you.

"As well as my other arm" you reply holding your other arm out to her. She quickly squeezes your forearm on your real arm as if to test the difference between how they feel. Suddenly Grimlok lets go and smiles up at you.

"Do you want to play a game" she asks looking expectantly up at you. You look at the Priestess who is watching you impassively it seems, and then you look at Dawn who seems to be holding back a smirk.

"What game" you ask looking back down at Grimlok.

"Riddles" she says excitedly. You stare almost stunned at her as the memories of coming up with riddles when you were a kid flood into your head. You were always trying to stump your friends. It had been so long you'd almost forgotten. You feel her tugging on your hand snapping you back to the present.

"Come on...let's play" Grimlok pleads staring up at you with remarkably effective puppy dog eyes. You look away from her trying to remember some of the riddles you had come up with. One pops into your head, and you look back at Grimlok with a smirk.

"The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I" you ask her. Grimlok lets go of your hand and claps excitedly for a second, and then you see her face turn serious as she thinks about it.

"Hmm...the more I take...the more I leave behind...what would that be" she muses to herself. You watch her start to pace back and forth as she gets lost in thought. You watch as she looks behind her as she paces, and she suddenly stops in place smiling.

"Footsteps" she exclaims. You raise your eyebrows up in surprise that she was able to get it so quickly.

"You got it" you say giving her a nod.

"Ok my turn" she says excitedly "What has one eye but can't see" she asks you with an almost evil smirk. You rub your chin as you think about the riddle.

"It has one eye, but can't see...it probably isn't alive, so what objects have just one eye...probably something common" you muse to yourself. You know most riddles are creative wording for simple things, so you start rolling through common household items in your head. Finally you smirk back at her when you think you have the answer.

"A needle" you tell her.

"Yay! You got it. Ok your turn again" she says smiling up at you. You close your eyes trying to remember another riddle, and open them when you do remember another.

"I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest person can't hold me for more than a few minutes. What am I" you ask her. You watch her smile fade as she concentrates on finding the answer, and she hops up onto the edge of your bed to sit and think.

"Something very light, but a strong person can't hold it for long...so it isn't an object probably" she muses as she idly kicks her legs as she sits on the side of the bed. You smirk seeing her eyes widen when she takes a deep breath to let out a sigh. You know she figured it out.

"Your breath" she says looking rather smug. You nod your head at the correct answer.

"You're a clever little shit. I'll give you that" you chuckle, and Grimlok grins at your praise.

"Ok, my turn again. What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water" she asks you. You can't help but chuckle at the almost cruel look she gives you after telling you the riddle, but you just smile back smugly as you've heard this one before.

"I hope I don't need a cartographer to map out the solution to this riddle" you tell her.

"Aww...no fair...you knew this one, let me ask you another one" she whines.

"No way, that's just how it goes sometimes. So it's my turn now" you tell her.

"Fine...but I'm going to stump you eventually" she replies confidently.

For the next half an hour the two of you go back and forth with riddles. Even getting the Priestess to ask a few riddles of her own. Dawn faded out and returned with tea and small fruits before fading away again, but you knew she was still watching you closely. It didn't matter though, you had no desire to harm either of them anyways. Eventually the Priestess said it was time to go despite the protests from Grimlok.

"Can we come back to play riddles again" Grimlok asks batting her eyes at the Priestess. The Priestess smiles gently at her and nods her head.

"Yay! I'll be back with more riddles tomorrow, so you'd better come up with some good ones if you want to stump me" Grimlok says walking towards you. Though you don't know why she's walking towards you until she wraps her arms around you in a hug. Your eyes go wide, and your brain goes blank at the show of affection. Not knowing what to do you just put your hand on top of her head, and give her a couple pats before she lets go and walks back to the Priestess.

"Thank you for letting us visit" the Priestess tells you. You can only nod your head dumbly and wave as the two of them leave your room shutting your door behind them. A stark reminder that you are still a prisoner here...but perhaps for the very first time you push aside your stubbornness and realize you don't have to be a prisoner. For a little while there you didn't feel like a prisoner at all, and it honestly felt pretty good. This wasn't what you were expecting from this place at all. You walk back over and grab another cup of tea. It was time to think about some things.