She did not want to lose her temper again so quickly, but Lunise could feel her frustration boiling up again. She stopped and clenched her fists momentarily.

"What you are requesting is a harder decision than it may seem," Lunise stated. "I am sure the Battle of the Red Ring was clear enough in the lenses of your scrying."

The battle was not one from which Lunise had ever shared the details with Meesei.

"It took decades to put that behind me, mother. My failure to be there at the lines." Lunise's jaw tightened wherever her mouth closed. "It may have appeared as though I was well after a few months. I was not. How should I force myself back now?"