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I think you have to confirm “am I free to go?”, but IANAL.
It'll also largely depend on jurisdiction.
Really, I'd ask for a lawyer and have the lawyer advise you here. A misinterpretation and suddenly you're violently resisting arrest or something.
Ask for a lawyer and zip it up. Problem is you're not getting to talk to a lawyer right then and there and will continue to be held at the jail. If you know a private attorney or someone hires one, you might, and that is a big might, get to to speak to them in a few hours, but even so, they are almost certainly not getting you home that day. In my state you get a first appearance before a judge the next day where a probable cause hearing is held and bond/bail is set. That's usually the first time you even see an attorney but often you only get to speak to them sometime after that first court appearance. Especially if the hearing is done by video where the accused is at the jail and the attorney is at the courthouse.