On the willows there, we hung up our lyres

"Hilda's rebels would create distractions, enough to clear the way for Claudius, Alphinaud, and Haurchefant." He is slightly reluctant to continue, knowing Haurchefant's fate, but there is only one way through a story that has already happened. "They would fight to face the Archbishop, creating a final distraction that would enable Aymeric to break free." A little pause. "When they reached their target, the Archbishop was escaping with his knights covering him. They had borrowed the same power of communal belief that lent Lady Iceheart her power to turn into creatures known as primals. Claudius compared them to walking statues."