[ And this, of course, is why he doesn't want to talk about it. ]

Naturally. He was very thorough. I don't know what he did with the bodies.

[ Burned them, probably. No doubt there was spectacle involved.

Nikolai's tone is carefully light. ]

Rumour has it you're underground. I don't know where, but if you could possibly find it in your to wander towards the mountains, we might run into each other. That's what I'll be trying for, anyway.