There was a game, once. It was supposed to be King's . . . a dance. We got material to make dresses, and everyone who wanted to go had to ask someone else.
But the food Soldier gave us . . . there wasn't much, just three shrimp, and some punch . . . it was something Trickster tampered with. The people who ate them got really sick. One . . . Scowl . . . it seemed . . . like he died. He wasn't breathing, and . . . I couldn't hear his heart, any more.
But he started moving again. And . . .
[Reaches up, almost unconsciously, touching the side of her throat.]
. . . I think . . . I died that game. Only . . . I didn't stay like that, either.