Urgent Quest

Henry brought his eyes down from the sky at the same time the last clicks rang out and the complicated lock holding the cage's door in place finally broke free. 

"Alright then," Andor said and grabbed the door to pull it open. 

Within the cage was a man on his knees with his head bowed. His hair was long and unkempt maybe from the time he had spent within the cage or maybe from a time before that. The hair cast a curtain over his face and hid it from view. But as the rays of the moon hit the inside of the cage, he looked up and smiled. 

The smile was unsettling. The man didn't look relieved like the other slaves had been. He seemed more curious. 

"We're there already?" He asked in a hoarse voice and Henry understood. This man wasn't captive. Not really. So why would he have been kept so tightly sealed? 

"You're free now," Andor said. 

"Free?" The man asked with his face cloudy with confusion,