Messenger

Their afternoon is much the same as the last, the group spending their time holed away in Laren's office, teaching and instructing Irving on his fighting technique. As if Rick senses her need to process all of the new information, he leads the charge, falling easily back into his former boots of tavern owner. Mora watches the training without actually seeing anything; her mind and heart are struggling with the prospect of becoming a Sovereign Queen.

The evening and night is a blur. She feels herself replying when addressed but her mind is so far absent that she doesn't even realize she is alone in her room until Gladys...