A low mew from the bushes announced Anani's arrival. The fluffy white cat stumbled through the sand to rub against Trahearne, purring loudly. Valdis looked at her cat, trying to not think about being crazy.

"I suppose not," she replied. It was more the fact that she carried a giant serpent within her, a being of death and chaos that delighted in destruction and kept secrets. "The sketching is the easiest way to manage it, the Dreaming likes to throw things at me from time to time. It left me a crystal unicorn this morning, which triggered memories of my father, but they are quickly fleeing."

Anani shoved his head against Trahearne's hand, demanding to be pet.