She stands still as glass, unhearing of him. Unfeeling fingers rest against the stone of the wall as the wind whips around her. What she sees and feels is entirely different from what he does.

Green and green, forest reflected in water, a lithe woman with a terrible voice and a demand with no compromise. Kadi opens her mouth to speak, but the forest is finished speaking. The forest saved her. The forest saved Silfa. Now, it gives its conditions.

Kadi wakes, shuddering and gasping.

"What?" She blinks, her eyes feeling oddly dry, and she looks at Lance in bewilderment. Why is she on the wall?