Linya is quiet and expressionless for a minute, until one of the guards says, "Well?"

"By 'free' here you mean something that involves me walking out of this house under my own power, ideally with my pen back?" she inquires.

"Is your pen waterproof?"

"Yes."

"Then we'll put it in a block of ice and you can walk off with it so you don't go notifying the police straight away, hm?"

"How clever." She closes her eyes. "All right."