[Caren went up, as she promised she would. She told everything. Everything she had heard-from the bribes to the torture to the whispers in the halls. She told everything she could. She showed them her wings, feathers still missing as evidence she wasn't lying.
And she watched. She watched and listened without a word after, watching and listening to the to the outcries, the attempts to make them into something they weren't, the sentencing. The bribe for Parliament seats.
It all felt...so empty, somehow.
Once it was done, Caren shakily arose, and started walking away, silent. She didn't know how she felt about all of this.]
Action!
And she watched. She watched and listened without a word after, watching and listening to the to the outcries, the attempts to make them into something they weren't, the sentencing. The bribe for Parliament seats.
It all felt...so empty, somehow.
Once it was done, Caren shakily arose, and started walking away, silent. She didn't know how she felt about all of this.]