Gemma Sloan wrote:"If fighting is not allowed, sit the bloody hell down and we won't have to fight. But you're showing your hand," she was talking to no one in particular. As the dual tonal quality of her voice continued it actually looked like she got slightly bigger. "I don't know all these people, but I do know for bloody sure that Theresa and Vickie would never lockstep like this. I also happen to know that some of these people are still alive and safe elsewhere."
"We're ALL Alive and Safe HERE," two or three said, simultaneously, in voices merging and changing tone. "All of us. Alive. And Safe. You can't change that!"