Her hands were jerked behind her back, her hair violently seized. Fossil didn't resist. A numbness was tingling through her, and she felt very far away. She heard the betrayal of Danni...no. Tarax? Then Danni had to be dead. Did it matter? From a great distance she knew that Ms. Robin and Louis were being arrested. Ms. Robin would feel so betrayed... She had been great friends with Rose. As her miserable trance deepened Fossil realized she would not see Nadya. Soldiers of Lorsoul would not give a rebel that consolation. Nadya was gone. And Fossil's surrender. A colossal mistake. Such a catastrophic mistake. And it occurred to the girl that all of this was her fault. She had led the soldiers here, though she didn't know entirely how. But she had brought Dann-<span style="font-style: italic">Tarax</span>here directly; that was indisputable.<span style="font-style: italic">You're a traitor</span>. The brutality of that accusation as she thought it broke her trance.<br/><br/>The room was not chaotic. Ms. Robin and her son were stoic, and the soldiers moved quietly and efficiently. Fossil wanted to do something. Something to prove her loyalty to her cause and the people suffering because of her in the wake of her accidental betrayal. But she could think of nothing. No way to save the day, or even help herself. She stared at the ceiling, the only place she could stare with her hair pulled as it was. Damn it. Damn everything. And most of all, Fossil thought,<span style="font-style: italic">Damn me.</span>