The guard growls, and for a moment it seems like he's only increasing the pressure on Estinien's arm, who can do nothing but flinch and hiss in response. He pounds his palm against the bars, twisting as he tries to slip away - but the downside to his reach is that there's also a lot of him to keep hold of.

The guard twists until Estinien can feel the stabbing pain of a muscle overextending - only for the guard's case to finally shift to Himeka. It's unclear exactly how much pause her pleas give him, but it's at least enough to reassess his level of force.

"I've nothing to say to the likes of you," he snaps.

And with that, the guard stops twisting Estinien's arm, slowly releasing the pressure... just in time to yank him through the bars up to his shoulder. Estinien smacks into the metal, snarling as the guard slaps one side of a pair of shackles around his exposed wrist.

"If you were worth my pity you'd be released by now."

This really isn't going how Estinien hoped.