"I know. Anton deserved it."

Isaac is no longer actually reading. Probably. Probably it's difficult to read with a book draped over your face (you try and sleep with such rousing campfire stories).

Maybe they're not actually in a Circle at all — no one's measured the curve. Maybe the leadership preferred not to record and alphabetize abuses of power. Maybe Ostwick was just fucking boring. Regardless:

"These can't come back with us."

At least not like this.