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00:00:53.560 Speaker 1 Chapter Four: Collateral. From Nikolai's Journal of Forbearance:
00:00:58.420 Speaker 1 "Forbear emotions at your own peril. All human cruelty starts
00:01:04.400 Speaker 1 with forbearing emotions. There is no good way to use this magic."
00:01:12.960 Speaker 1 Mother Lysandra simply wished everyone around her understood how painful it was for
00:01:18.820 Speaker 1 her to be here, how much she had given to be a part of this arduous and
00:01:24.460 Speaker 1 increasingly futile mission. She tapped one of the couriers on the shoulder as she
00:01:28.960 Speaker 1 passed. "Have you seen the Wellstone?" "No, ma'am." So she found a member of
00:01:34.780 Speaker 1 another house, House Greenside by the look of the man's attire. An actual member of
00:01:40.120 Speaker 1 House Greenside, too, not just a representative. Not an important one, though,
00:01:45.740 Speaker 1 because she didn't remember his name. "Excuse me, uh..."
00:01:50.480 Speaker 1 "It's Ulric, Mother." "Ulric, thank you.
00:01:56.140 Speaker 1 Ulric, have you seen the Wellstone?" His eyes went right to her hair. Why did they
00:02:01.940 Speaker 1 always look at the hair? It wasn't her hair that was hurting. It was literally
00:02:06.680 Speaker 1 everything else. "No, Mother, but I can ask around."
00:02:10.380 Speaker 1 [sighs] Lysandra closed her eyes
00:02:16.360 Speaker 1 and took a slow breath. She searched for a response befitting her station.
00:02:21.280 Speaker 1 "Ulric, do you know of any other Wellstones?"
00:02:28.140 Speaker 1 He grinned at her as if she were in on the joke. Wellstones were their only sources
00:02:33.460 Speaker 1 of magical power in this plane. It was being strictly rationed for both martial and
00:02:38.960 Speaker 1 practical reasons. The gigantic Wellstone they'd brought was a figurative lifeline
00:02:44.340 Speaker 1 for this delegation, but a very literal lifeline for her. Ulric must have
00:02:50.120 Speaker 1 access to other, smaller Wellstones. He wouldn't give that information up without a
00:02:55.220 Speaker 1 twist, though. Hence the smile. "I would like to think on it,
00:03:00.940 Speaker 1 Mother." [sighs] Composure. Composure.
00:03:07.580 Speaker 1 Keep it. "Please do so. Immediately."
00:03:13.960 Speaker 1 Ulric looked around as if expecting to be a part of some prank, and at any minute,
00:03:18.760 Speaker 1 one of his friends would jump out and surprise him. "You're serious?" Mother
00:03:23.980 Speaker 1 Lysandra ground her teeth.
00:03:27.640 Speaker 1 Little red sparks flew from her mouth like a saw cutting through iron. Ulric's eyes
00:03:33.560 Speaker 1 widened. That was one perk of being Ethereal Planes Guard. People always assumed you
00:03:39.200 Speaker 1 had supernatural abilities. She could use that against him, and for the most part,
00:03:44.900 Speaker 1 it wasn't true. She did have supernatural weaknesses, though. Her body depended on
00:03:50.760 Speaker 1 magic to survive, and it was making that known very clearly now.
00:03:55.920 Speaker 1 "Do not make me stick you to the floor and drain it out of your
00:04:02.020 Speaker 1 very body, Ulric. Your back pocket. Give it to me."
00:04:07.720 Speaker 1 Ulric reached into his back pocket with a shaking hand and gave her a small blue
00:04:12.520 Speaker 1 rock. Lysandra could see the power wafting off of it. Her body hungered for it.
00:04:18.600 Speaker 1 She swiped the stone from the man's hands and drank in the power. The pain eased at
00:04:23.320 Speaker 1 once. A dozen years fell off her in a moment.
00:04:26.700 Speaker 1 [sighs] Ulric watched it
00:04:32.680 Speaker 1 happen with a mix of annoyance and awe. She put the emptied rock back into his
00:04:37.900 Speaker 1 outstretched hands. "Thank you for your donation to the House of Commons."
00:04:42.620 Speaker 1 "Of course, Mother." She left him standing there.
00:04:48.880 Speaker 1 The recess was already over, and she still needed to find the large Wellstone. She
00:04:53.240 Speaker 1 couldn't keep shaking down nobles all day. Someone jostled her as they jogged past.
00:04:58.200 Speaker 1 She shouted at their back, "Excuse you." A middle-aged man with dirty
00:05:04.140 Speaker 1 blonde hair and tired eyes looked back at her. The wraps around his hands indicated
00:05:09.720 Speaker 1 he was a Burstmage, not the kind of person most people confronted. He was probably
00:05:15.460 Speaker 1 used to others backing down when they noticed those wraps. Mother Lysandra was not
00:05:20.540 Speaker 1 most people. She pointed at the man, who continued to jog away from her towards the
00:05:25.080 Speaker 1 exit. "You, hold on."
00:05:29.080 Speaker 1 The look in his eyes stopped her short. This man was on edge. She watched him
00:05:35.060 Speaker 1 leave the building. He leapt into the back of a hay-filled wagon with three other
00:05:39.600 Speaker 1 people. All of them had the same wraps around their hands. All of them had that same
00:05:45.600 Speaker 1 determined, intense look on their faces. Mother Lysandra watched a team of
00:05:51.260 Speaker 1 horses pull the wagon away. She was still standing there when the first gunshot rang
00:05:56.980 Speaker 1 in the theater dome behind her. What?
00:06:01.528 Speaker 1 Soldiers in black uniforms streamed into the hallways outside the dome. Was this
00:06:06.088 Speaker 1 security? What was happening? Ulrich Greenfield spoke with a group of friends just
00:06:12.008 Speaker 1 outside an entrance. He walked towards the first soldier and pointed a stern finger.
00:06:17.408 Speaker 1 The soldier raised his gun and
00:06:21.328 Speaker 1 Boom, boom, boom. Ulrich and his friends fell to the ground. The entrance doors
00:06:26.668 Speaker 1 behind Lysandra flew open. She spun and sprayed a wave of grist across the opening.
00:06:31.828 Speaker 1 It knocked the first soldier back out the door and sealed the other doors. She
00:06:35.548 Speaker 1 dropped to the ground and sprayed a short wall of grist between her and the soldiers
00:06:39.328 Speaker 1 who'd shot Ulrich. Bullets sunk into the black substance as a pitter-patter of wet
00:06:43.748 Speaker 1 thuds. They were shooting at her. They were shooting at her. By the
00:06:49.748 Speaker 1 Original's grace, she was going to die. She was going to die. A soldier tried to
00:06:55.508 Speaker 1 crawl under the hardening grist she'd sprayed across the door. She kicked him once
00:06:59.408 Speaker 1 in the face, then raised her hands and covered him in a torrent of liquid black
00:07:03.608 Speaker 1 rock. He flailed on the ground as it entombed him.
00:07:08.648 Speaker 1 Bullets bounced off the wall above her head, and Mother Lysandra ducked back behind
00:07:12.828 Speaker 1 her wall. More bullets hit the low wall, sending chunks of grist flying as the
00:07:17.508 Speaker 1 soldiers already inside the building advanced on her exposed position. She huddled
00:07:22.308 Speaker 1 against the ground. It was only a matter of time. This couldn't be happening. It was
00:07:27.588 Speaker 1 so senseless, such a pointless way to die. She should never have come here,
00:07:33.688 Speaker 1 should never have tried to make peace. That only she seemed to want. Mother Lysandra
00:07:39.328 Speaker 1 wrapped her arms around her shoulders and waited for the soldiers to come. Killing
00:07:44.168 Speaker 1 them wouldn't save her. If she surrendered, perhaps they would take her prisoner.
00:07:48.348 Speaker 1 Did she want that? What was it like to be a prisoner of war? Not good, surely. A
00:07:54.428 Speaker 1 warped scream shook her from the dark fantasy still forming in her mind. The bullets
00:07:59.308 Speaker 1 had stopped, but the guns were still firing. Tentatively, she peeked over the grist
00:08:04.008 Speaker 1 barrier. A man in shredded clothing crawled along the wall towards the soldiers. His
00:08:09.867 Speaker 1 skin was chalk white, his eyes a solid bloody red. The man leapt from the wall into
00:08:15.748 Speaker 1 the group of soldiers. Their bullets went right through him, but he didn't seem to
00:08:20.528 Speaker 1 feel them. He tore the arm off a soldier like a child tearing apart a toy. Bones
00:08:26.128 Speaker 1 broke and people went flying, slamming into the brick walls with a crunch. The demon
00:08:30.888 Speaker 1 spun, noticed her, and took a few running steps towards Lysandra, murder in its
00:08:35.408 Speaker 1 eyes. Lysandra was very careful not to move quickly. Ymir, Ymir,
00:08:41.248 Speaker 1 it's me. You know me. She raised her hands, palms out, placating.
00:08:47.568 Speaker 1 You know me. I'm Lysandra. The demon stopped, its head twitching in the
00:08:53.348 Speaker 1 fight for control. The bullet holes on his bare chest healed in the short time it
00:08:58.168 Speaker 1 took him to speak. Lysandra, we need to run. There are too many
00:09:03.688 Speaker 1 soldiers. Where are the others? Others?
00:09:09.228 Speaker 1 Mother Trista, Father Katar, where are they? Dead. We need to go.
00:09:15.808 Speaker 1 Now. As if to emphasize his point, gunshots sounded again in the dome next door,
00:09:22.128 Speaker 1 much closer. Lysandra jogged over to him on shaking legs. Soldiers were beating down
00:09:27.548 Speaker 1 the entrance doors behind her. Where's the wellstone? I don't know.
00:09:33.708 Speaker 1 Father Ymir brought his elongated pale hands to his face and covered his eyes. We
00:09:39.308 Speaker 1 were betrayed. Mother Lysandra placed a hand on his back, and he shivered. Come.
00:09:46.848 Speaker 1 He followed her into an administrative office near the entrance. She did her best to
00:09:51.148 Speaker 1 barricade the door with grist. Then, for good measure, she used a piece of chalk to
00:09:55.768 Speaker 1 draw a rune of repulsion on the floor, then stepped back. It was dark in the office
00:10:01.228 Speaker 1 with the windows and door sealed. How long would this defense hold, though? I am
00:10:06.788 Speaker 1 Ymir. I am Ymir. I am Ymir. Lysandra folded her
00:10:12.568 Speaker 1 hands and paced around the dark room, uncertain what to do next.
00:10:18.208 Speaker 1 Why? Why? And something else nagged at her. Those burst
00:10:24.248 Speaker 1 mages in the wagon. Were they part of this, somehow? What was in that
00:10:29.808 Speaker 1 wagon? Surely not hay. Realization crept into her mind then.
00:10:35.948 Speaker 1 Cold, terrifying realization. Ymir, we're in danger.
00:10:42.468 Speaker 1 He was still gasping for air. I know. No. Not just us.
00:10:49.308 Speaker 1 Everyone. The whole city. What?
00:10:55.228 Speaker 1 Just before the soldiers attacked, I saw four burst mages leaving. I think they took
00:11:00.528 Speaker 1 the wellstone, Ymir. I think they took the wellstone.
00:11:06.488 Speaker 1 He was silent while gears turned in his mind. A moment later, he had connected the
00:11:11.808 Speaker 1 same dots. Oh, no. You don't think We need to get out of here.
00:11:17.708 Speaker 1 Somehow. We can stop it. Lys We have to! She would
00:11:23.928 Speaker 1 not be complicit in this mass murder. Whether these soldiers were attacking in
00:11:28.528 Speaker 1 response to their betrayal, or simply attacking out of a betrayal of their own, she
00:11:33.448 Speaker 1 didn't know, and it didn't matter. The ulterior motives of the peace talks were
00:11:38.868 Speaker 1 becoming clear now. It had never been about peace. It hadn't even been lip service
00:11:44.168 Speaker 1 to peace. Somewhere in this city was a bomb. The largest bomb she could
00:11:49.908 Speaker 1 conceive of. Attended by four people who, now that she understood, knew
00:11:55.868 Speaker 1 they were going to die. If there was any hope at all for peace, she would need to
00:12:01.388 Speaker 1 escape this place, find the bomb, and somehow save the lives of the people who had
00:12:07.188 Speaker 1 murdered her friends. This could have all been so much easier if only they had all
00:12:12.684 Speaker 1 been willing to listen. "Ymir, I'm sorry, but I need you to change back
00:12:18.524 Speaker 1 again." And then she heard a shuffling sound inside the room. She walked around the
00:12:24.504 Speaker 1 small office looking for the source. In the meek light cast by her glowing hair, she
00:12:29.624 Speaker 1 searched the room. Hiding underneath a desk was a man in robes. Mayor Rex
00:12:35.604 Speaker 1 Cobbler shrank away from her, wrapping his arms around his legs. "I'm
00:12:41.484 Speaker 1 guessing you heard all of that, right?" Rex nodded slowly. "Are you
00:12:47.344 Speaker 1 going to kill me now?" "Of course not. I'm not a monster." Father
00:12:53.084 Speaker 1 Ymir squatted down beside her. "I am, sometimes."
00:12:57.604 Speaker 1 "Mr. Mayor, you're going to help us get out of here."
00:13:07.164 Speaker 1 Chapter Five: Apprentice of Burdens. From Nikolai's Journal of Forbearance, page
00:13:13.144 Speaker 1 twenty-one. On a more practical note, if you forbear digestion, be
00:13:19.204 Speaker 1 prepared for extra debt when you release it. A good novel and some laxative can be
00:13:24.884 Speaker 1 invaluable tools of magic. Kelsey dragged the stranger up the final step.
00:13:31.004 Speaker 1 He was leaking something onto the stoop. She just hoped no one was around to see
00:13:35.404 Speaker 1 this. Some things you just couldn't talk yourself out of. Xavier unlocked the door
00:13:40.964 Speaker 1 and helped her pull the man in. Fortunately, they had been close to Brown Street,
00:13:45.324 Speaker 1 and no one had seen them. Probably. What were they doing? This
00:13:51.304 Speaker 1 was supposed to be their night out. She'd planned it weeks ago with Maria. Where
00:13:55.684 Speaker 1 this night was going next was anybody's guess. Xavier wanted to play hero with the
00:14:00.564 Speaker 1 enemy, though. Kindness truly was his weakness. As much as she
00:14:06.304 Speaker 1 hated this idea, there was no way she was letting him do it alone. "Come on. We'll
00:14:12.104 Speaker 1 put him in my room." Xavier's room was on the ground floor. She lifted the stranger
00:14:17.463 Speaker 1 into a wicker chair in his room. Given the smell of the man, they'd both wordlessly
00:14:22.044 Speaker 1 agreed not to put him on the bed. They had barely finished hauling him into the
00:14:26.604 Speaker 1 chair when there was a polite knock on the door. Miss Maria pushed open the door.
00:14:31.144 Speaker 1 "Back already?" And then her jaw dropped. Xavier and
00:14:36.964 Speaker 1 Kelsey took turns wiping their hands off on their clothes. "Oh, dear Lord.
00:14:43.004 Speaker 1 Who is that?" "I am Father Nikolai Common of the House of Commons,
00:14:49.144 Speaker 1 Master of Burdens." Maria looked at Kelsey first. The
00:14:54.664 Speaker 1 expression stung. Somehow, in a single glance, she'd been able to say,
00:15:00.544 Speaker 1 "I expected this from him, but not you." "Hey, Maria." "When I
00:15:06.504 Speaker 1 said do something stupid, this is not what I meant." "Sorry." "He's a
00:15:12.304 Speaker 1 magician?" "I am, my lady." Kelsey and Xavier sat on
00:15:18.324 Speaker 1 the bed. She wasn't sure how to explain this. Actually, she wasn't even going to
00:15:23.604 Speaker 1 try. "He needed help." "I should say so, but why did you bring him
00:15:29.464 Speaker 1 here?" "I couldn't think of anywhere else." "Sorry to
00:15:35.024 Speaker 1 interrupt, but you two need to decontaminate immediately." "You said it was safe to
00:15:40.684 Speaker 1 touch you." "Safe is a relative term. There were people with guns running about
00:15:45.964 Speaker 1 then. Unless you want to look like me, you should bathe in vinegar. Burn those
00:15:50.704 Speaker 1 clothes as well." "You brought him here, Xavier?" Xavier
00:15:56.324 Speaker 1 deflated some. It wasn't all his fault. Just mostly his fault.
00:16:01.304 Speaker 1 "I'm sorry, Maria. They were going to kill him. I just couldn't
00:16:07.084 Speaker 1 leave him." "Also, my case of magical diseases was stolen. These
00:16:13.144 Speaker 1 two offered to go find it for me." "I- I need to sit.
00:16:19.044 Speaker 1 Is it even safe to be in here?" "As long as you don't breathe near me,
00:16:24.724 Speaker 1 probably."
00:16:27.323 Speaker 1 Maria sat down in the rocking chair across the room. She rocked slowly back and
00:16:32.284 Speaker 1 forth, though the stunned look still hadn't left her face. Kelsey wiped a bit of
00:16:37.064 Speaker 1 black slime off onto her dress. Great. Father Nikolai pulled the
00:16:42.884 Speaker 1 mask off his face with one hand. His face was nearly as misshapen as the
00:16:48.784 Speaker 1 rest of him, though the scar tissue looked old. He looked at them from under a
00:16:54.084 Speaker 1 swollen eyelid with one pale blue eye. Part of his face was still covered in those
00:16:59.904 Speaker 1 blue crystals. The four of them sat in awkward silence for a moment, taking in this
00:17:05.564 Speaker 1 new display. The weight of what was happening to her still sank in. This man was an
00:17:11.104 Speaker 1 enemy magician. Kelsey didn't know if there were laws against hiding him, but there
00:17:16.104 Speaker 1 had to be, right? So instead of coming at that issue head-on, she did what she
00:17:21.744 Speaker 1 always did when she was making a sale at work. Whether you were selling fabric or
00:17:26.724 Speaker 1 interrogating the enemy, the concepts were roughly the same. She started with
00:17:31.804 Speaker 1 smaller talk, actually tried to understand the other person before putting the
00:17:36.944 Speaker 1 squeeze on them. "You said 'father.' Are you a priest?" "No,
00:17:43.284 Speaker 1 not that kind of father." "Do you have children?" "Alas,
00:17:49.304 Speaker 1 I have none. I don't mean to sound piteous, but as of yet, the opposite sex
00:17:55.224 Speaker 1 remains as much a mystery to me as it always has." He waved at his disfigured
00:18:01.024 Speaker 1 body. "And between us, I don't think my odds of mating have improved today."
00:18:05.744 Speaker 1 "Sorry, I wasn't trying to make you feel bad. I'm sure there's someone..."
00:18:11.940 Speaker 1 Kelsey looked down at his legs and grimaced. They had begun to shrivel and turn
00:18:17.320 Speaker 1 black, rolling up on themselves. I'm sure there's someone out there for
00:18:23.360 Speaker 1 you. Nikolai grinned. I hope not. If it's true,
00:18:29.400 Speaker 1 I shall continue to evade them. Kelsey shook her head. What a strange man.
00:18:35.440 Speaker 1 Were all the people of the other planes so strange? Nikolai was frightening, but he
00:18:40.400 Speaker 1 didn't seem evil. In his own way, he was kind of adorable. The tip of
00:18:46.240 Speaker 1 Father Nikolai's nose fell off. It bounced on the floor and rolled to her feet. Oh
00:18:52.240 Speaker 1 dear. Let's get your mask back on. Once the two of them had
00:18:57.820 Speaker 1 finished decontaminating, they returned to Xavier's room. Father Nikolai insisted
00:19:03.420 Speaker 1 that they could simply pour the vinegar over him. He didn't want to be a bother. It
00:19:08.480 Speaker 1 did help the smell, a little.
00:19:12.920 Speaker 1 The three of them drank tea while Father Nikolai sat propped up in the chair, still
00:19:17.720 Speaker 1 dripping vinegar onto the wood floor. Are you sure we can't help you somehow?
00:19:24.500 Speaker 1 The best thing you can do for me also happens to be the best thing you can do for
00:19:29.880 Speaker 1 the city of Everton. Beautiful city, by the way. Be careful of the alleyways,
00:19:35.580 Speaker 1 though. Rough part of town. Can you help us find your case?
00:19:41.980 Speaker 1 Hmm.
00:19:43.860 Speaker 1 Start by contacting my peers in the House of Commons. The rest of my delegation are
00:19:48.940 Speaker 1 all staying at the theater dome. Contact them directly. They'll know what to do.
00:19:56.140 Speaker 1 Now that sounded like something they could handle. She walked towards the door.
00:20:01.240 Speaker 1 Kelsey was ready to be on with it. The sooner they untangled from this, the better.
00:20:06.340 Speaker 1 At least the night's entertainment had come cheap so far. Come on, X.
00:20:12.200 Speaker 1 Wait. He stayed on the bed, a pensive look on his face. Where was this
00:20:18.080 Speaker 1 going?
00:20:20.060 Speaker 1 Can you teach me magic? Kelsey slapped her forehead.
00:20:25.840 Speaker 1 Seriously? Was he nineteen or nine? Sometimes it was hard to tell.
00:20:33.240 Speaker 1 No more than I can teach you to fly. Can you?
00:20:39.620 Speaker 1 Fantastic question. An acceleromancer could, but I am not that kind of mage.
00:20:45.840 Speaker 1 I deal in burdens. The most mysterious and most
00:20:51.260 Speaker 1 underutilized of magics.
00:20:54.760 Speaker 1 He waved one hand in an arc. Kelsey guessed that was supposed to add mystery.
00:21:00.880 Speaker 1 But no, I cannot teach you any magic because you cannot do magic. It is the hand of
00:21:06.960 Speaker 1 fate that deals those cards. You must be magical plane-scarred. Born on the right
00:21:12.660 Speaker 1 plane, that is. Xavier bowed his head in defeat. Kelsey elbowed him.
00:21:19.180 Speaker 1 Ah, cheer up, you've still got me. He gave her a lopsided grin. Guess I'll have to
00:21:24.340 Speaker 1 settle for that.
00:21:27.580 Speaker 1 Maria stopped rocking in the chair behind them.
00:21:32.060 Speaker 1 That might not be necessarily true. They all
00:21:37.880 Speaker 1 turned to look at her. Xavier, your mother worked here for only a few
00:21:43.620 Speaker 1 months before she died. You were nearly three by then, and, well, I never
00:21:49.600 Speaker 1 told you the rest of the story. Xavier glanced at Kelsey and grabbed her hand,
00:21:55.560 Speaker 1 sensing that something with real impact was coming.
00:22:00.020 Speaker 1 You were living here. She was pregnant, but died in childbirth.
00:22:06.980 Speaker 1 You should have had a little sister. Half-sister, I suspect. Before she came here,
00:22:12.960 Speaker 1 your mother did the kind of work, well, the kind of work she had to in order to
00:22:18.120 Speaker 1 survive. I won't dirty her name with it. But suffice to say, she was running
00:22:24.120 Speaker 1 from someone. She ran an entire plane to get away from him.
00:22:30.080 Speaker 1 Away from your father. I don't know who he was. She never told me. But he was
00:22:36.160 Speaker 1 someone who could not allow you to continue living.
00:22:40.900 Speaker 1 Xavier had confided that he'd always wondered about his father. Every orphan did,
00:22:46.600 Speaker 1 probably. He never talked about trying to find him, though. Would that change now?
00:22:53.320 Speaker 1 Xavier got up and stood over Maria, his face difficult to read. She looked up at
00:22:58.780 Speaker 1 him, stoically. Then he leaned down and embraced her. I did keep
00:23:04.680 Speaker 1 living, though. And I'm going to keep on living. Then he spun to face Nikolai.
00:23:11.280 Speaker 1 So does this mean... And even though she knew it was foolish, and incredibly
00:23:16.960 Speaker 1 selfish, Kelsey couldn't help but feel jealous, if only a little.
00:23:23.220 Speaker 1 Father Nikolai tried to sit up in his chair. If you are a magician, then I
00:23:29.120 Speaker 1 shall name you Apprentice of Burdens. Xavier seemed to
00:23:35.020 Speaker 1 expand upon hearing the words, pulling his shoulders back and rising to his full
00:23:40.180 Speaker 1 height, lifted an inch higher by a purpose he hadn't known he'd needed. Nikolai
00:23:45.980 Speaker 1 pointed at Kelsey next. How about you? Do you have some secret parentage as well?
00:23:52.500 Speaker 1 Nope. Then I name you Apprentice to the Apprentice of Burdens.
00:23:59.340 Speaker 1 No, just Kelsey's fine. In that case, I name you Kelsey.
00:24:06.080 Speaker 1 Thanks. You are very welcome. Now, if you will all excuse
00:24:12.000 Speaker 1 me, I have some debts to pay back, and I believe I will lose consciousness. Miss
00:24:18.080 Speaker 1 Maria shooed them all from the room. Go. Be careful. If there's trouble,
00:24:24.420 Speaker 1 you run. And do not bring back more like him. Kelsey grabbed
00:24:30.220 Speaker 1 Maria's arm before she could close the door. Wait. I need to know.
00:24:36.280 Speaker 1 Was that story about Xavier true? Maria gave her the faintest of smiles.
00:24:42.800 Speaker 1 Xavier was on the street below. Xavier was already on the street outside, just out
00:24:48.360 Speaker 1 of earshot. The story was true, yes, but the implication?
00:24:55.380 Speaker 1 I don't know where he was born, but let him have this. That boy needs a dream.