Fendros awoke with the same tightness in his chest and eyes that he had saying goodbye. He sat up and wiped his eyes, realising he had been weeping in his sleep. When his eyes found Ahnasha, he swallowed, tried and failed to bury his grief, and then embraced her.

A time passed. He did not track how long it was. He let the fact of Meesei's departure run through and turn his emotions roiling.

When he finally had the temper back to ask, he murmured to Ahnasha. "It was Meesei in my dream. What was yours?"