"I couldn't say for sure," Devin answers honestly, shrugging. He is no expert in the Dreaming and its impact on Aifaran, not by a long shot. Give him a few decades. "But it does seem as though the emphasis is on ghosts from one's past, rather than something more aberrant," he reasons.

Devin studies Aly as she examines the candles. She's told him bits and pieces about her life and the structure of the world she comes from, both intentionally and in moments of frenzy. Planar changes have bothered her significantly before. "Does this have anything to do with the time I found you trying to sew the planes back together by yourself?"