"Close would be better. When we need them, it may be at a moment's notice."
She smirks.
"Have a little faith. Everything I do now, I do for our escape."
With that, she ushers the prisoners into the storage room, and locks the door behind them.
"There. Now that we have a little privacy...my plan is to use them as a distraction once we're ready to cross the courtyard. The guards will only see a pair of prisoners running. While they busily bring them down, we'll have an opening to move through. But first we need to finish mopping up in here, so we can get an eye on the prison yard and see where to make our move."