come down watch the whole thing explode

[Filter: Lysander]

I know you're there.

You know she's pregnant? She's going to have Keran's baby any day now. And she said that you're supposedly fighting to save her, to get her out of here, to beat Keran.

Save her now.

When she has this baby, that's it. It's over. He'll kill me, but that doesn't matter. He'll have the Forna name as his, forever, no matter what she does or doesn't do for him. He'll have his heir and the house and everything you and your army are fighting for will be pointless, because he'll have won.

I don't care what you're going to do in the future. I want you to do something to help her now. If you really care about her at all, you'll do something.

Every day more and more people keep on flowing into the city. It's kind of depressing, watching all of them come through the gates. A lot of them are hurt, or sick, or just exhausted ... some of them look like they're starving, too. They probably are, even. I bet the rebels didn't leave behind any food when they raid the villages, and it's not like there's a whole lot out there in the tundra.

I wonder how many people just died out there because of what the rebels have been doing? If the city is this crowded now, and there's even a bunch of wounded refugees staying in the castle, then how many more would there be if more of them lived? Everyone knows the rebels kill everyone they can. The people we see are just the ones that are lucky enough to get away. And there's still so many.

I don't even understand how the rebels are still fighting. It's January. Aren't they starving and freezing out there? Especially if they're torching all the towns they come across. Nobody can survive on the tundra forever. That's just common sense.

[Filter: Colleen]

Colleen.

Are you there? I wanted to talk with you. When you have a minute. Please.

[Filter: Colleen]

I wish Keran wouldn't talk about us like that. Like we're just toys, or pets.

[Filter: Private]

I don't ...

He wouldn't lie about it.

He knows Colleen and I could find out the truth, if the Crow was still alive. He knows it wouldn't be hard for us to look. He might try to stop us, but ... but why lie to us in the first place? If the Crow was alive ...

... If the Crow was alive, he wouldn't be so angry.

I don't like how much freedom he's given me the past few days. The way he looks at me. It makes me nervous. Is he going to try to get information out of me next? Try and find out if I know who killed him?

I Colleen

There's too much [all furiously scratched out]

[Filter: Public]

It's been nice to get to walk around the castle freely again, Lord Keran. I wanted to thank you for that. I guess now that the Crow is ... it's probably safer, isn't it? I've seen Rosie and Devon wandering around more too ...

I wish it wasn't so bright. It always seems like it's one extreme or the other up here ... in the winter I always wish there was more light, and all summer I wish there was less. Doesn't it ever bother you, living so far north?

[Filter: Colleen]

You know.

It seems like all those stories about the undead, and things, are coming kind of from around Forna. Doesn't it? It -- obviously it's not true. It can't be true. That'd be stupid, and it's impossible. But still, isn't that strange? Why would it all be coming from the East? What's out there that would be causing this, anyway?

[Filter: Colleen]

If you're not going to do anything, I'll come up with something. I'll try to run away again. Just me. By myself. When he catches me, he'll be too mad to think about you. He'll be too caught up in trying to make me regret it. He'll forget about anything to do with you. That'll get us some time. Okay? I'm going to do it. I have to do something.

[Filter: Colleen]

Were things really bad yesterday? They didn't let me out, but I didn't think there was probably much for me to see anyway. I hope he wasn't too awful to you. I was up all night thinking about it. Did he make you sleep with him?

[Filter: Private]

I need to get to the rookery again. That's the problem. There has to be somewhere that can help. There has to be. What else can I even do? But the minute I leave this room, Keran will think that means I'm a traitor, and I'll be dead. And then it won't matter if I can find anyone to help us or not.

Why did the Crow ever have to come? Why did those stupid rebels have to mess up our shipments? All of this is such a mess. And I can't do anything, because I'm stuck in this room.

[Filter: Colleen]

Has he talked to you? Lord Keran?