She raises her voice to speak to the crowd.

I need to say something.

Please, everyone, listen up.

Clara stands at the fireplace where she was supposed to speak for Ceril and says the thing Ceril never prepared her to say.

I drove five hundred miles to be here.

I resigned my job.

I was going to hand over my phone at midnight and not look back.

I believed in this more than I've believed in anything in a long time, and I need you to hear what I just heard.