[ it's a good question, and a big one, and she closes her eyes for a long moment. to think, to listen, and she tilts her head slightly, her brow furrowing . . . ]

-- try to get an audience with the King.

[ absently, and she opens her eyes, blinking once or twice, and if shiro is paying attention, he can see the very corners of her eyes are crackling with the faintest remnants of a purple-ish energy, which fades away in the literal blink of an eye. ]

I think he, more than anyone, will be able to tell you what is happening. He may be your best chance at turning the tide, if the tide needs to be turned at all.