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This did very little to discourage Evander, who had another question at the ready every time you fell silent. When at last you'd finished—and you had no better sense afterward than you did at the time of how long that took—Evander took a moment to digest what you'd told him, then turned on his heel and said you'd have to talk more later once he'd had time to think. You were too exhausted to ask when he meant, though he hasn't brought it up any time you've seen him since. All you could do was trudge wearily in search of an available physician.

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Even with the passing of time, it's a small crowd that gathers before the mayor's mansion for the memorial four days after the battle. Many people still aren't leaving their homes, tending to the wounded or not willing to trust that some of the demons aren't hidden away among their neighbors.

Despite Verity's protests, it's Isidora speaking in honor of the dead. While Isidora has never directly questioned Verity's revelation, she's made several suggestions that the stress of the battle might have left her confused.

"You don't believe me," you hear Verity hissing to Isidora as you arrive a bit early for the memorial.

"I don't know what I believe, Mayor Dunn," Isidora says in a steadier voice than you expected, "except that no one needs to be upset any further today."

Verity eventually yields, but she insists on standing behind Isidora at the memorial. Isidora's speech edges toward perfunctory, but she manages a few personal words for each of the deceased. Unsurprisingly, Isidora has the most to say about the fallen guards.

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