[ Julie looks out to the crowd as well, sighs over the rim of her cup. There are people here that she knows and trusts, people she knows by sight, and people she doesn't know at all. But that says nothing of the big four-armed elephant in the room. ]

I'm not lookin' for anythin' special. Thorne's got new cuties, though. [ It's a light-hearted comment. Julie's had her fill of super seriousness for the evening. ] Swear, they must pick 'em on looks alone over there.

[ She nods. Sam is incredible at what he does, but unfortunately, it requires a willing audience -- and some people here are decidedly not on the side of peace. ]

Hopefully it does some good. During the Summit, I realized there's a lot of folks who got here after the original groups, mine and Sam's, and with so many of us gone, they aren't all hearin' the stories they need to hear to know what's actually goin' on. I don't know if they even believed me when I told 'em.