"I mixed a potion for someone," he answers, then goes on to explain, "at the time of my arrest, I didn't understand what was happening. I thought perhaps I had the mischance to catch the eye of a few guards with a grudge against Argonians. Rather than beat me in an alleyway and leave me, they took me to the imperial prison and placed me in a cell indefinitely. I was not told why, and have only inferred probabilities as I learned more of surrounding circumstances."