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"They organized something like a secret society, and gathered in the evenings in their huts. They spoke of opening everyone's eyes, and making them treat the outcasts with dignity. Sooner or later, they would have done something stupid and gotten themselves caught – and brought my sister down with them. So I helped them a little... and put my patron's people on their track. If only I could have kept Kalikke from her foolishness! On the night of the raid, for some reason I told her the truth. I thought I could explain to her that her actions were threatening our secret. I thought she would see reason."