The rules that protect people of this city do not protect Speakers.

[She curls in on herself, shaken, instinctively making herself small as she talks through the state of affairs, one step after another after another.]

We are the natural choice, for violence. We do not put up a fight when we are confronted. We are transient, so there is no one to miss us if we disappear. We are not well-liked, so who would care if a few Speakers were harmed.

[Her teeth sink into her lip, and she brings her knees up a little closer to her chest.]

When someone does act, we will be the first they act against.