"Apparently I'm not as good a liar as I thought I was then." she muttered irritated with that answer.

She had staked so much on her ability to manipulate, lie and make people do what she wanted. Now she could barely make her own body and mind comply when she felt overwhelmed.

There was a weight descending on her as she considered the possibility she really was never going to get back to her old self. The girl who had almost led the nation to victory.

"Your smiles are becoming more stretched and thin the longer we stay here." She pointed out perhaps a little bitter "The others might notice if something doesn't change."