We abandoned the town. We abandoned its citizens. They just stood in the doorway to their shacks and homes, staring at us when we asked them to evacuate. We didn’t have time to interrogate anypony about the letter that brought us there in the first place. A new uneasiness was sown into our ranks as we trekked well into the morning. Some of us tried to ask Lapse about the orders, but he was far too focused on Sinnet to care. He was the only one besides the medical team who could get close enough to see her.