So if this guy's right - and she still hasn't asked his name, has she? - the reason she can't feel her ki, or move like she ought to be able to, is probably because... some powerful fae artifact pulled it out of her. She's basically cursed. And imprisoned, and the only friendly person on the outside can't actually get her out.

"Shit," Beau says eloquently, then adds for good measure, "fuck. Can you... Ugh, can you tell me about this place, at least? Like... what's outside this prison area, do you have any idea how these animals get in and out?"