When will that priest of Ilmater stop talking and weeping, and talking....? Is he discussing something, or giving a sermon? I feel like I am back in the Respite Run Schoolhouse for girls. But seriously, he has been very nice—and I feel refreshed for the first time today. This place is huge; a person could live here in one of the rooms and nobody would ever know.

I am very impressed with Kelestri's patience! I peeked down the hall and swear I saw daggers darting from her eyes toward Animosus. [later...] That sounds like Kelestri screaming on the front steps of St. Sollars ... oh yes, and Animosus looks pretty peeved too! I'd better stay out of this one.

I like the idea of helping people. I like how they take care of everyone here. I feel very safe. The children, Alinka, Jozrel and Marrek, might need some hand-holding and care as they settle in. I can see across the cemetery field is the orphanage building that Justina described. It looks nice in the evening light. I think I'll take a slow walk past the headstones and visit with the children there. Pfhhh. ...I wonder what my fathers memorial stone will look like? Yes, it might do me good to walk through a peaceful field of death and visit those children—who are struggling to make sense of their new lives. How am I any different?