He is in an orphanage, where he is supposed to check some kids and teenagers if they are grishas.

After he finishes, he hears some shouts at the corridor. A moment later, guards take inside a young girl… She may be twenty.

“She was trying to sneak out of the orphanage, General” Guards say and he sees that the way they are holding her hurts her

Why did you wanted to escape, girl? he says in cold and harsh tone, yet quiet