Caged Bird

Mr. Meyer is a good person, definitely not the scoundrel that my dad made him out to be. Whenever he comes here to negotiate, he carries himself with a certain... dignity. Nothing like Dad. He's always flying into a rage and shouting. Once, during a goods handover, I had a one-on-one chat with Mr. Meyer. I think he likes me. He told me to come find him if the Hearst family was ever in trouble, and he even invited me to Sandbank. That's the shelter built in the middle of the river. "Come see the fruits of my and my friends' labor," he said. I want to go, but I know Dad would never let me. Maybe one day, I'll get my chance. I want to leave this place. I want to go to Sandbank. I also want to go north and find Joan...