“I don’t want to say anything will happen, but… something might.” She frowned, knowing it was the uncertainty and the waiting that posed the worst threats. “I’m sorry you’re stuck in this position. But I think looking for a solution is our best bet; that’s why I want to go, anyway. Otherwise, if you have to stay in I’d stay with you.”

They were excuses but they were the only excuses she could make. She just didn’t have the power to take care of the sick prisoners the way they needed to be taken care of, not on her own.

“This man I met suggested it. Lingormr? I think maybe you know about him?”