After we left the town the whole journey went quiet.
Nobody spoke. Not to me. Not to each other. Even that motherfucker Tudar was sitting in silence for the first time since I'd met his annoying existence.
He did try once. Leaned over and started telling me how cool I looked back there. But my silence and the wall of indifference I put between us told him everything he needed to know.
He didn't try again.
The root cause of disturbance in every carriage ride was now sitting there like a humbled dog with its tail tucked between its legs.
As for the rest, the silence had different flavors depending on who you looked at.
Marie was already incapable of opening her mouth before all of this. There was absolutely zero chance she would find words now. Especially after seeing the mood I was in. She sat beside me stiff as a plank, barely breathing.
