'Saving' could mean so much, Laedo had discovered... but he thought he could hear her sorrow, and despite himself, he felt moved. Lowering his head on his long neck, the askan murmured a condolence that was more automatic in his culture than he'd like to admit. Ears flicking forward in curious attention, he said, "surely there is a key to this prison, or a keeper." Musing onward, he rumbled, "however... I was informed that you have committed a disturbing crime. If you are judged unworthy of freedom, you may require another means by which to protect them."