[center][h2][b]Ophelia[/b][/h2][/center]

"Glimpses of a larger picture, yes, but incomplete... The revelations have only begun, and I fear the worst is yet to come. I don't know the truth of it yet--I merely report what I have been told. Mother Moon above... I am able, unlike many, to see through the veneer of Harold's illusion and read his real facial expressions. I don't know if I'm the best judge of character, or if he's typical enough to be judged by normal standards, but I didn't detect any hint of falsehood from what he said. He gave me the impression he believes it, if nothing else. Let your mind spin and piece together what you can from the pieces of the puzzle that I've brought to you, love. I'll come back with more, and we can put it together. I... I know that none of this makes sense, yet, and I know even less than you do... but we must muddle our way through the dark for now. I will be okay; my guiding moonlight will show me the path." Ophelia replied, voice still as hurried and feverish as it was before--though the look on her face was entirely placid and collected. She seemed... almost like one touched by madness having a rare moment of lucidity, though it was no madness but simply an expanding awareness and the collapsing of her prior ignorance.

She turned, then, to find Gerlinde--who either came with her or didn't. She hadn't had the wherewithal to check previously, and returned to her new friend and companion's side one way or the other.

"Do you want to come along, Gerlinde? I don't want to impose, of course, but... I would feel better for having you there, and I know you thirst for secrets just as much as I do. I... I feel as though time is of the essence, though I can't explain why. He's more insane than we are, though! He wants to raise an army of false Palebloods, subject them to that sickening influence, and run roughshod over everything that would resist him. Heedless of the damage it might do to this Dream, to our birthright, to the grander purpose we have been chosen to bring into being. We must stop him from realising his goals, at any cost... and Mother Moon above it'll be satisfying to watch the life leave his eyes."