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The priests stop chanting I hear the door to the cha area, Nevio and the Council are watching Is Maire with theods’ open mouths hits the floor I wonder if True will understand when he finds out what I have done I hope he kno I feel about him, that I didn’t want it to have to be like this But how else could I go?

My shroud is soon sodden

The last time I was in this chao up through the floodgates

This is the perfect way to escape But it’s also the perfect way to get rid of the last rehter of a Minister you wanted dead, a Minister who knew too much The Council killedup through the floodgates wasn’t my idea after all? What if it was hers?

All it takes is a little fear to creep in It’s like the water in the deepmarket Once it breaks, you will soon have a flood And then there’s no telling what could happen

Don’t panic Don’t be afraid You’re meant for the Above Your inner voice has always told you this Trust it

It is a good thing that I practiced in the lanes, because as the water lifts me I am buffeted and spun around, and I have to adjust andto do so I have to work to keepthat with so many bodies they won’t notice I switch on the air, and it flows into o They accelerate the water once the bodies have lifted off the ground Artificial currents keep us away from the walls and toward the center, but we buh I’ve eaten nothing

Don’t think Just breathe

I feel the cold of the water, even through the wetsuit I know that the exposure h to protect me

Up Up

The shroud coh I can’t help it I open my eyes

The petals aboveup and not swiht Is that real light or artificial light? I don’t think the sun can reach this far down, but other things I’ve thought were certain have been proven wrong

So of the chaht; they disappear

Is this the third miracle? Do I believe in the miracles?

I do I believe in the sirens, because they exist and I am one of them I believe in the bats, because I’ve seen thes So a thirdA darkening A pulling down on the inside, the very heart of ?

The petals spin inward instead of outward, closing instead of opening

"Open," I say "Open back up Let me out"

But it doesn’t work Because of the