The collision of the planes when they were in Keeliai had become alarming by the time the left, so Devin doesn't blame Aly for being concerned. Those last few months had been on his mind a lot as events unfolded here in Aifaran.

"If something like that starts happening inside the barrier, I don't think colored candles will have much effect." The Dreaming still plays up in their protected bubble, but they do escape the worst of it. "It is odd that this happens as regularly as it does, but I think there is reassurance to take from that as well," Devin tells her. "Divergence from that consistency is unlikely. I wouldn't worry too much about planar breaches."

He raises the box of candles he's purchased. "All the same, I intend to spend that evening with my head down." For other reasons than the planes going to hell.