It... Coran and I were lucky. [Not "it's all right," because it's not.] Before Altea fell my father put us in sleep chambers and sent the Castle of Lions to Arus. [Her smile revives by a fraction.] Ten thousand years later, the humans found the Blue Lion, and it brought them to the castle. They ended up finding the sleep chambers and reviving us both. And some mice that'd been locked in my pod as well.

[She remembers arm-locking Lance fondly.]