Meesei's apparent fear ran off onto Sabine's expression as well. Sabine had not really thought of the impact of this event on Meesei at all, but she was surprised by it, even given the way she would have suspected Meesei reacting.

"Um..." Sabine looked at Peiter, almost pleadingly, but there was nothing he could do, really. She looked to Meesei again and responded with the same tone as before, "Okay."

Together, they walked out of the room, leaving Peiter alone. Once they got to the spot Meesei was specifying, Sabine hazarded an apology, "I am sorry." It was all she could think to say, despite not knowing what was going on in Meesei's mind.

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Given that some people that Tzirret knew in the militia had actually died in the fight, he found it hurtful that someone would call the event a lie, but the other detail had some more truth to it.

[i]"Oh, it must be Harriet that you are referring to,"[/i] Tzirret answered, [i]"She, um...she was a lieutenant, but she poisoned the clan leader. Meesei came and found her out and...a lot of things happened, actually. Anyway, there was another that she was collaborating with, and he ran off, so Meesei took a warband and Harriet out with an enchanted collar on her neck so they could follow him back to their base. But, it was a diversion for the enemy to strike. They worked it out and came back in time, surrounding the enemy while they were within the clan home, but in the confusion of the assault, Harriet escaped. No one has heard from her since."[/i] Tzirret shook his head, he didn't want to feed the lies about Meesei. [i]"This one believes that there are many more details, though. Meesei would not have let Harriet escape without purpose."[/i]