12

As you walk across the foyer towards the meeting hall, you're struck with a sudden sense of déjà vu. A low rumbling of voices grows a little in volume as you approach, just as they did on your first night in Silvertree. When you push open the door, you find yourself facing the same rows of seats, undoubtedly filled with many of the same people—although people here today than there were last week.

What hasn't changed at all, however, is the table on the stage where each member of the Town Council is sitting. Since one of them is already answering a question from somebody in the audience, you figure all you can do is find an empty seat and watch.

For the next few hours, countless people with different questions and concerns come and go before your eyes. Most of them are saying a lot of the same things you've heard before, whether offering support for the help the developments could bring the town or suggesting ways they might cause damage.

And the replies you hear from the Town Council, specifically those from Dina, are just what she has had to say before, from the assurances that she wants to take all views into account to the promises that, whatever happens, she will do her best for Silvertree. After so much has happened since the first time you saw her speak, you're not sure if you're surprised to hear that she hasn't changed her answers.

One thing you are sure of, however, is: