Lyney frowns. "So we're here, and who knows what's going on in the Fortress, where my sister is alone? I don't like this."

He watches Wriothesley make the little ice sculpture, head tilted. "That is strange. I wonder... the Tsaritsa would love to know of such things, I'm sure."

"You kidnapped my sister," Lyney says flatly. "I was entirely justified in yelling at you. You threatened Lynette and Freminet's lives. And then had Sigewinne shoot me."