"Yes, are you still in the city?"

"Have you found any trace of them?"

"All right."

"That's completely up to you."

"Marta, of course."

"We still don't know."

"Perhaps the secret chamber under the Long Temple."

"Darkness."

"Yes, darkness and silence, and the paper covering over the top of the chute."

"My sorrow."

"You might ask the Chairman. She told me once, returning from a long voyage, that the sound of the insects kept her awake and haunted her dreams. But she imagines things. She takes the children for long walks in the moonlight. I never know what she's thinking."

"Yes, I know."

"Goodbye. Take care. Return when you can."