The Keye To It All

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~~ trigger warning - torture, coercion; slight suicidal ideation ~~

*takes point position again, leading the way down the long dark tunnel...still noticeably limping, and walking a little unsteadily now and then*

*finally comes to a heavy wooden door*

Okay. This is it. This is where they keep him.

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*points blessedly re-functional wand at the lock*

Alohamora!

*squints into the darkness as the door opens*

*gradually sees a wide, cavernous room that looks like it was carved out of the rock: large piles of boulders and debris still litter its periphery*

*farther inside sits a rough table with a candle on it, and beside the table lies a ragged figure - looking rather like a barefoot, post-apocalyptic librarian - resting on a filthy gym-mat, surrounded by books and papers*