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[vermax]

I believe she is coping as one can when they have lost the one they care for. ( so he can relate to her pain, though he worries what she may do to others with it. )

I remember it clearer than I’d like. There was no attack. I was given orders and thus followed them. But when I looked upon Lady Alia’s face, I saw none of the girl I met in the days prior.

[homebird]

[ a brief, careful nod. it's what she'd expected; it tallies with what alia herself had said. ]

I spoke with her. She remembers none of it, and holds that she would not have harmed you. Nor taken your life in the manner it was taken, were she in her right mind.

[ sansa had believed her. alia's mind had not been her own. if that is the case for all the wolves, how much harder will it be to find them all? ]

It seems to me some other force has taken them, some power or magic that we cannot understand. Something in the House, perhaps. The Balfours seem as upset as any one of us.

[vermax]

I believe her. I am not the one you must convince, Lady Sansa. ( he says with a soft smile on his face, tone tinged with sadness for he believes that many will not be so trusting. )

Do you believe it could be the House itself that acts? Not our hosts?

[homebird]

[ for a man just murdered, he's ready to be kind towards his murderer. most would not be so.

it makes her like him. ]

If our hosts are to blame, they are very good actors. Portia has been beside herself. They could be lying, of course, to avoid conflict.

[ she shakes her head. ]

But it doesn't seem that way. They seem helpless, not manipulative.

[vermax]

Or this is something they knew would happen and are only partially absolved. The house is capable of much, I am told.

( and he has little pity for their hosts at present. )

[homebird]

It is possible.

Would you take revenge upon them, then?

[vermax]

No. Not now, at least. Not unless doing so would serve a greater purpose that benefits us. ( retribution through bloodshed is more his uncle and stepfather’s domain. )

[homebird]

[ that is a relief. ]

I'm glad for it. I don't think that more killing is going to get us anywhere. But we must put a stop to all of this, as quickly as we can.

[vermax]

We are in agreement, Lady Sansa. We must find the reason for all this and stop the game before more are slain. ( in a week's time, he'll once again be amongst the dead but for now he is determined. )