"Why we were on the East Coast at all, what orders we had from California, why we weren't sweeping through the House looking for tech and artifacts to round up and take back to the High Elders, things like that," says Ellen. "Corazon told me the Western Brotherhood was pretty doctrinaire, but I got the impression she only ever encountered one chapter. It's a little disheartening to hear what the others were like before-" She waves a hand vaguely.
"-well, I may be a bad Paladin for saying this, but the more he told me about the Western Brotherhood, the more I was kind of glad the only answer we got from Second Diana was 'shut up, if they hear you we'll all be killed'. She shifts uncomfortably and leans back against Ben's base before adding, "He also asked about the alien ship. I told him there was an alien vessel in orbit that had been kidnapping people from Earth since the days of Salem Village and he said 'fine, if you don't want to tell me something believable, just say so'."
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"-well, I may be a bad Paladin for saying this, but the more he told me about the Western Brotherhood, the more I was kind of glad the only answer we got from Second Diana was 'shut up, if they hear you we'll all be killed'. She shifts uncomfortably and leans back against Ben's base before adding, "He also asked about the alien ship. I told him there was an alien vessel in orbit that had been kidnapping people from Earth since the days of Salem Village and he said 'fine, if you don't want to tell me something believable, just say so'."