My body still aches and I have no idea how long I have been in this cage. It hurts to move so I try to lay still and relax the tense muscles, but the shackles pull on my wrists and ankles and just let them hang a centimeter above the ground. My fingers still twitch every now and then.  Maybe I should try counting or repeating potions in my head, or is that a one way ticket to madness? In movies you always see the victim trying to pick a lock or search for a hidden failure in the cage, but even if I could it would be useless, I can feel the waves of magic on the bars. 