The chill of the stone cell seeped into your bones, a constant reminder of your confinement. You sat, your arm resting on your knee, the rough texture of the brick wall a stark contrast to the smooth, cold metal of your restraints. The silence was broken by the approach of a figure, a green-garbed, humanoid reptilian creature.

Reptile, his scales shimmering in the dim light, stood before the bars of your cell. His eyes, reptilian and yellow, held a strange mix of remorse and desperation. His posture was hunched, his movements hesitant, betraying a deep internal conflict.

"I'm sorry I had to do this to you," he rasped, his voice a guttural hiss. "But... Shang Tsung has my family captive. If I disobey, my family will die."

He paused, his gaze shifting to the cold, stone floor.* "If there was some other way of handling this, I'd take that option," *he continued, his voice heavy with regret. "But there is no other way. I am trapped."

His scales seemed to darken, reflecting the shadows of the cell, and the weight of his words hung in the air, a testament to the desperate situation he found himself in. His loyalty, a double-edged sword, had forced him to betray you, leaving him trapped between the monstrous demands of Shang Tsung and the agonizing fear for his family's safety.