Gideon’s POV
With my command to have a healer bring the prisoner back to consciousness again as soon as possible, I received news that he had awoken once more in the dawn hours of the next morning. Leo was still sleeping, and Nova was also asleep.
I allowed Raven to hand-pick the guards who would watch the children, and then the two of us went to speak with the prisoner.
I had ordered him confided away from the other prisoners, worried about what messages might pass between them. He was kept then in a dark solitary cell with a thick metal door and a single thick glass and barred window. The window was west-facing, so the world was still dark beyond, with no trace of the morning light to the east.
A dim coverless bulb hung from the top of the cell, casting long shadows.
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