[ we, he says, and her lungs constrict painfully. what strange manner of a dream must this be, for she hadn't thought they would meet until she, too, passed into the Twilight Realm. ]

Nahyuta, Rayfa... [ it is their children that occupy her thoughts, then, a relieved breath escaping her. they are not alone. she needs not fret. ] I see. I had been told this was a world full of miraculous phenomena, some of which I have had the privilege to witness... yet it all pales in comparison to what I now hear and see.

Had I known of this... [ this, her family being here as well — upon arrival, she had been so confused, still in the midst of recovering from the gunshot wound, that looking for those she knew had not been possible. and yet —

she would have looked for them. her husband, her children. can they truly be together again? is this a blessing from the Holy Mother? ]