Aery didn't even struggle. Of course, she didn't even realize that Shadow had picked her up, so lost in her own mind was she. [i]I failed them all. Silly and Tazz and Ame and Rowan... Rowan. Why did he... He betrayed us... Why...? He said he loved me, he promised, and then he killed Silly and Ame killed him and someone else killed Ame and I should have been there to protect all of them and I couldn't.[/i] She was crying again, her face pressed against Shadow's chest. "I can't do this..." she whispered. "I honestly can't do this."