The slave girl couldn’t help but wince as Keahi echoed that Sirius knew. She continues to breeze past the inquiry, not wanting to have to answer any more questions about it unless expressly asked. She had to answer if she were asked. She couldn’t be caught lying to someone of higher rank if she wanted to or not. Though, with the earthy fae’s next question, she didn’t really know what to say. Maybe she did feel like she was answering for someone else’s crime. But in the end, it simply boiled down to the conditioning. “I-I don’t really know m-much else …” Adelina attempted, not really sure of how else to describe it. "T-Terrible things happened to those who resisted.” Was as much as she could get out. Adelina wanted to explain that the punishment for fighting was swift and violent. It wasn’t something that you would be killed for … but you’d wish they had. But talking about it … would mean acknowledging it- reliving it. Granted, there were some that were trained specifically for fighting- be it for entertainment or purchased defense, but they generally wanted their women compliant and non-combative- She clenched her teeth, offering a shallow shake of her head in a momentary effort to push the memories aside.
