[By design... Ethlyn considers that, thinking back to her arrival. Or rather, the moments before her arrival, in that blank white space with its mysterious voices. They didn't sound particularly interested in her, and yet the information on the parchment bespeaks a definite interest.]

...It's a question to consider very seriously. [She twists a bit of hair around her finger, still pondering it.] Have you been in this kind of situation before? Not taken from your home, but... friendly surroundings where you could keep putting off the moment of danger?

[Because that's what Ethlyn is thinking of--this sentencing that the parchment speaks of. They could while away all their days here in ease and never prepare the defense they're meant to.]