"Such a wicked man."

"And to think he had been staying right under our noses."

"... Peelah had been attached to him like a shadow."

"I heard that he joined in on the revelry. Such an evil soul."

Lily could hear the words ringing in her head and she hunched over, squeezing her head between her knees. She had gone to meet the people today, most especially to check on Peelah and she had met a crowd of people outside Elder Ruthe's house and they had all looked within from the outside, at a scene that she had marveled at. 

Young Peelah was standing in front of the elders, Baba...