Now that everyone was sitting down and Ciel had her spirit and energy lifted, she started talking, trying to rationalize her ideas.
"What was the difference between when she first became a statue, and the time she got sick and with fever?" She said, "Why didn't she die the first time she was trapped?"
"Because Thaulos wanted her to suffer," Hugh said, not without a hint of anger.
"Exactly, and what was the difference between that time and the one when she was sick here with us?" She stared at her very tired friends as they stared back at her smile and energy, things that definitely none of them had at the moment. "She got sick because her power was pushing out to be released, and the curse was trying to contain it, that was what almost killed her." They still started not understanding.
