17. [audio]
[Aureln's voice is low and drawn. She scrapes over the softness, the tiredness, with her usual frown, but it lacks conviction. There is soft breathing in the background, as of someone sleeping.]
Myhrta. Thank you, for what you did today.
The rest of you, be careful in the bathhouse. Take your rowan and your iron with you. There was something in the water today, but it - I couldn't - it got away, and I -
[A pause. A thin smile, for a moment, and the sound of fur being ruffled.]
Just watch out for it.
[She sighs, swallows, as if about to say more - and then the recording switches off.]
Myhrta. Thank you, for what you did today.
The rest of you, be careful in the bathhouse. Take your rowan and your iron with you. There was something in the water today, but it - I couldn't - it got away, and I -
[A pause. A thin smile, for a moment, and the sound of fur being ruffled.]
Just watch out for it.
[She sighs, swallows, as if about to say more - and then the recording switches off.]