Nafije immediately had an idea of what manacles meant. She had not been imprisoned here, but in Thyatis she was yet a slave. It was only by the grace of her wizard master that she was allowed to travel, and see to the needs of the Swords of Darokin, the master's old cabal some thirty years back.
She shielded her eyes from a mild glare and discretely looked at the manacles, and looked for the sturdy construction and telltale gouges in the chain that distinguished an escaped prisoner from a bizarre fashion statement. City dwarves did have some bizarre fashions, she knew, as she shook her hijab-encoiffed head.