Azure gazed into the rain ahead. "I'm guessin' ye saw the airship an' the bombin'?" At Sunset's nod she continued, "Well, me husband Gleam's home on leave, so we both went out t' organize th' townsfolk. Things . . . didn't go well. 'Twas pretty plain it was all slidin' into th' pot, so Gleam stayed put while I gathered up all th' foals I could find an' lit out. A close-run thing, I don't mind sayin'. Had t' leave me flute b'hind, but I took me rifle an' all th' ammo I could carry, an' me sword t' boot. Shot down three o' th' hooligans and ran through two more 'fore we could reach th' wood." Grim satisfaction colored her recitation. Then she took a deep breath. "Of what happened after I know naught." For a moment her mask slipped, showing a desperate fear for the husband she'd left with the town's civilian defenders.