MilaThe letter says I am to be housed. It does not say anything else. It does not say who paid for it.

CorvinaNobody paid for it. That is why it is in my hand and not the post. The Ministry writes placements when it wants somebody out of a county.

Corvina puts the letter down flat between them and does not soften the next part.

CorvinaYour father is in a cell in the north and your mother is not. There is nothing in this building that can be done about either.