Stone Circle countdown to doomsday

Phyllis was glad when everything paid off. She knew it would work, she was good at this part. The rest would be more of a pain than anything - proving that her word was true, being helpful to these people when she didn't know them, and doing her best not to be tossed aside too early. She was serious when she had mentioned dying alone; the woman had always thought she'd die at the top of the food chain, the queen of some sort of dynasty, but instead she had set herself up as the caretaker of someone else's children - pathetic. It would be remedied, though. The dark-coated woman welcomed her, and this was only the start of things. 

Thank you, it means a lot that you would be so kind, she commented once Valette had quieted; she smiled as warmly as she could and then, with their aid, was escorted towards those beautiful stones that had lured her this far.