Cassiopeia sent the Sixth a letter years ago warning them, telling them to prepare. And all this time they’ve been preparing in secret to run, to get out of the line of fire, to betray the Emperor and keep themselves safe. All without letting the other houses know anything! Keeping it their most precious secret, most closely guarded bit of information because who outside of their house could they trust with it?
Camilla and Palamedes went to Canaan house with this knowledge, with this secret they had likely grown up knowing and guarding, aware that the emperor did not mean well for them and that their loved ones back home were ready and waiting and willing to flee.
“When the time comes to really fight” Camilla said, and she wasn’t just being cautious, she had known from the moment the invitation arrived to the house that there would be a time.
Sixth for the Truth Over Solace in Lies
Fuck I need to lay down