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[clavesregni]

I know who killed Vataz and the others. It's--

[Her voice is strained. She sounds as though she's in pain and out of breath.]

It's complicated. We need to be cautious not to worsen the situation any further. Someone else was killed. A woman. Her death is what started it all. There's someone else I need to question; I'll be able to share more once I have.

[There's the soft thud of someone's back hitting a wall.]

For now, young men should stay out of the Wards and the Keep, if at all possible. The killer can't distinguish between its true target and other men who appear similar. And don't go down into the glacial lakes. It isn't safe.

[Another pause, followed by a wince.]

If any medical personnel are able to spare supplies, I could do with a bandage.

Comments

[vdovy]

[ Yelena looks sympathetic but unmoved. She holds the baton out horizontally, close enough that Caitlyn could lean in and bite down on it. ]

You have very nice teeth. It would be a shame for them to be damaged.

[clavesregni]

[That is not reassuring. But what choice does she have?

Very tentatively, she leans forward, grimacing at the fresh pain in her neck and shoulder, and - with the refined air of someone sampling an hors d'oeuvre that they think they won't like very much but being very brave about tasting it anyway - bites down on the baton.]