Pavel looks down, as Phaedra and Katja look on, worried. The room is still around them, with only the lights above twinkling, and the statue of Shoshana gazing down from its perch.
Pavel: They found your body yesterday.
He continues speaking, unable to make eye contact.
Pavel: It was near the western seawall in Salabay. They took it to the Plume Shrine there, and Lady Halea was...
Pavel looks up to Phaedra, startled.
Phaedra's face has gone half-skeletal again, and her eyes have faded white inside blackened sockets. Mist curls around her as she stares blankly forward, deeply affected by what she's heard. She says nothing, and Pavel says nothing.
