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Scout barely had time to look around and make out the features of the room: a platform the size of a bunk, but with no bedding; an opening in the floor in the corner that was covered with a grate she was really afraid was meant to function as a toilet; and absolutely nothing else. No air vent, no heating duct.
No way to escape.
She was just squatting over the hole in the floor and debating if there was any point in trying to pry it open given that it was too small to be a way out, and that from the very pungent odor it was definitely a toilet, when the door opened behind her and two guards came into the room.
They grabbed her by the arms and jerked her to her feet, then held her there as a third guard took the belt from her hips, the glasses from her eyes, and even her jacket, pants
