271 I'm the worst

Ria was doing her best to keep her child calm as she held her in both arms while gazing at the sun rising. It took a lot of work to finally get her to fall asleep and she wanted to keep the girl that way for as long as possible.

She used this moment to finally catch her breath as well and began to gaze at her surroundings, the cold floor made of stones, the bars of a jail cell, the walls filled with spiderwebs, and her companion, a girl with red hair, who, much like Ria herself, was not looking so good while being held prisoner with a chain attached to her leg and kept locked inside this place.

"Ashley..." Ria whispered, "Could you hold her for a moment? My arms are getting tired..."

"Oh... Sure..." Ashley replied as she tried to get closer to her friend so she could grab onto Cia, "How are you feeling...?"

"Could be better... Not gonna lie..." Ria admitted, "You?"

"I'm fine... Just try to focus on resting..."