Shadow Mountain [m] And I think that she knows, I'm out of control

Reverie wondered, not for the first time, what history lay between the two men. Maybe she would never know. But she'd trusted River, she still did, and perhaps that was what led her into soft confession:

Basil asked me for - for a promise. In exchange for soldiers, and Gemini.

Basil Cyanea. She hadn't even dared to utter his name on Octopus Island. The slightest mention of Cyaneans to any Sea-Snake —

Reverie hadn't truly understood their reputation until she'd made that mistake. Now she tumbled headlong into dangerous territory, it felt, continuing in hushed tones:

A Medeiros wife. If not me, another, Reverie laughed softly as she said it, but there was no humor in her voice. I can't ever go back. I can't give him that.

You Casco Bay wolves and your - your bloodlines, She could scarcely hide her disdain for the notion; why should her parents define her? Why should anyone be defined by their blood? My father has done nothing but cause suffering. Medeiros is a cursed name.

But you follow it. All of you. The Cyaneans and Sea-Snakes as much as Sunfil. Atlas Medeiros - you all seem to know that name better than I do. Or was it Atlas Keil? Or Atlas Sea-Snake?

The last was a name he'd never borne; Reverie meant only to strike a nerve. Her eyes were gilded fire as she finally turned to Hunst.

Medeiros is a curse.

Uttered like a warning; like a prophecy. The tears fell freely now.