You can’t trust people in power, dearie. They’ll say whatever they want, all the witnesses will be paid to… — Genevieve Cogman

First things first. Get the facts, then decide what to do next. And hope that there is a next.

Sometimes the obvious answer is the true answer.

“There is no truth to peace,” she said. “Peace is at best a brief interlude between hostilities. The treaties which might be signed here are no more than lies. The field of battle is more honest.”