Ganaki loked round. Seeing that her horse was long gone, she picked up her muddy skirts and began to run along the coastal road.<br/><br/>"Is....is what she said true?" asked Canar.<br/><br/>Miram nodded, still coughing up the last traces of water where she had propped herself against a surviving wall.<br/><br/>"Reckon it is. Those funny Immaculate folks they've got in the city, they don't like people like you. Say you're demons and all...but a demon wouldn't have saved us. If she tells anyone what she saw....they'll take it real seriously."<br/><br/>The soldiers looked up as Zavros approached them and gave his offer.<br/><br/>"I'd rather die than--<em>ugh!</em>" the woman from earlier said, cut off be an elbow in her ribs.<br/><br/>"We'll do it!" said one of the other men hastily. "Whatever you want! We're real sorry about what happened to your home, mister! Just don't hurt us, okay? We weren't part of this! Whatever you want us to do. Lorna here don't know what she's talking about, she just listens to the Immaculate preachers too much!"<br/><br/>"You can't be serious--<em>oof!</em>"