All quiet on the Southern Front?

Scene: A foxhole somewere in the Duchy
Pvt. Turquoise "Sarge, do you think we'll get out of this alive?"
Sgt. Sage "I don't know, Turq. I just try to keep my head down and keep on keeping on."
Turq "Do you think the Black Queen and the Lime Green Knight are gone?"
Sage "No one seems to know for sure. They don't seem to be gone, they just seem to be ... not quite all there.
Dot formerly known as Silver "They've never been all there!"
Sage and Turq "Silver, where did you come from? How did you find us? Is it safe out there? Did anyone see you?"
DfkaS "It wasn't easy to track you down. You're well hidden in the Science Fortress here."
Sage and Turq "Is there any news?"
DfkaS "Queen Liz has been wringing her hands and crying "Woe is me! "Woe is me!" Woe is us is more like it! Somehow I think her salary will be the last to go! The Keeper of the Duchy Treasury is gone, though. She made $115,000. That should help the budget problem! I've got to go. Keep your heads down and be safe!"
Sage and Turquoise "Safety first!"