"I got to speak with him during the truth party a few months ago - he wants to keep things the way they are in Keeliai, and he wants to keep the city out of any intruder's hands. The lengths he'll go to for that, I don't really know. Pretending to be attacked doesn't sound beyond him, and neither does trying to kill Milyn and having his sister do it for him."

He had said he wouldn't interfere with her attempts at building a government or a police force, and thus far he's kept that up, but who knows if he'll change his mind.

"He also mentioned something about a hopeless fight before he shut his trap," she adds, recalling that detail now. "Not sure what he meant, or if it's even any kind of relevant now, but it was interesting seeing him without his suave guard up."