The Queen remained silent for a few moments, looking into the distance.
Cassie could not really imagine what was going on in her head. It had to be hard to be a general who had been driven into a hopeless situation. The Song Army was already at a great disadvantage, driven back to the western part of the Collarbone Plain and besieged.
The only hope of salvaging the situation and restoring a semblance of balance to the war was to hold out long enough for Revel to conquer the Citadel in the spine of the dead god… and for Mordret to take Bastion.
But now, even that hope had been shattered.
If Ki Song was troubled, though, she did not show it.
Instead, she lowered her gaze and peered at Cassie.
"Well, well. The secret you told me is indeed valuable, young Cassia."
The dead boy fell silent. His counterpart, meanwhile, spoke in a clear voice:
"You have my gratitude. It is time for you to depart, though… go and rest, for a little while. Seishan, please stay."
