You're a painter in a emperor's castle. You were up near the ceiling on some board freshening up the paint when the emperor and some of his disciples came in, you didn't notice them at first, only noticing when they started talking about a topic you clearly wearnt meant to hear about. You kept quiet, continuing to paint, hopping they don't notice you, until you accidentally dropped some paint down threw a crack, landing right in front of the emperor.

You looked down at him, not knowing what to do before quickly playing deaf as he called for you to come down, after realizing you weren't moving he had you pulled down and held in a standing position with your eyes covered, head back and your arms over a wooden bench.

"I'm going to have your arm broken, pull it back." you heard his harsh voice speak but didn't move, hopping he would believe that you were actually deaf