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“Oh good, you're awake,” the Jael said, smiling brightly.
Sira thought viciously of kicking his teeth out, but feeling was flooding back into his body and a cursory examination found that while he still had all his limbs, he was both naked and tied up.
“Did I really need to be naked for this?” Sira asked, eyes squinting despite the darkness that surrounded them.
“Of course,” Nasrin said, sounding amused, “Clothes will just get in the way.”
“What is it with people and wanting to get us naked?” Daim asked, surprising Sira. He craned his neck to the side and saw that he was tied up a couple of metres away. He'd been stripped too, and both of them were in the same position - sitting with their arms tied behind their backs, their legs stretched out in front of them. Past Daim he could see the slumped forms of Prem and Liadan, still unconscious.