He swallows roughly. Of course. This world is built on illusions - of course the entity in charge of it all would attack the people trying to disrupt it. Siebren had kept up his facade for a multitude of reasons; this only adds another to the list.
And then Caleb freezes, and his subsequent question is not better. He is silent for a few moments, trying to find words, but...there is no good answer, and silence preys on the mind. "I do not know," he finally says. "The footage shown to the city depicts the five of you attacking civilians and lists nearly a hundred fatalities. I had not thought it to be true, but I do not know what actually occurred."
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He swallows roughly. Of course. This world is built on illusions - of course the entity in charge of it all would attack the people trying to disrupt it. Siebren had kept up his facade for a multitude of reasons; this only adds another to the list.
And then Caleb freezes, and his subsequent question is not better. He is silent for a few moments, trying to find words, but...there is no good answer, and silence preys on the mind. "I do not know," he finally says. "The footage shown to the city depicts the five of you attacking civilians and lists nearly a hundred fatalities. I had not thought it to be true, but I do not know what actually occurred."