"Is it? They were saved, but they are still asleep. I don't know when or if they will wake and I have no idea what has happened to my son. I'm alone and I have to do all of this on my own." There was no good in this, whether her family had been saved or if she had no one at all. There was only the reminder that this wasn't home. "What did they offer you in exchange for you help?"

She hadn't asked for much, but he was right to note that they seemed desperate. They were willing to do a great deal to win support.

"It was 1487."