Of all the things for Anna to say, that was not what Runa had expected. Simply hearing that Harrowheart had hit her draws a sudden, shocked gasp from her, and although she turns to Anna with wide eyes, she knows the young woman is telling the truth. The more she talks, the worse it gets.

By now she's heard of the Winter spirit. Not much. Not enough to think he would be the type of creature to bewitch someone she knew and... It's terrible. Simply terrible!

This awful news has her mind in a whirlwind. Anna's question almost doesn't register. The Swede blinks and looks away, trying to think. "O-Oh... um... No... Not really. He was a soldier. I just assumed it was something to do with that."