The Maiden experienced the desperation and hunger that had led Ahote and her tribemates to feed on the corpses of their kin to survive the seemingly never-ending winter as if it were her own.
She relived all those memories at the same time, and not as Baba Yaga, the powerful white core she was now.
When the visions Zero stirred from Baba Yaga's primordial fear of cold and fueled by her worst experiences assaulted her psyche, she was back to being a young Odi woman.
A young Odi woman with considerable magical talent, but with a weak dormant mana core who had no idea how to survive in the wilds. Now Baba Yaga was strong enough to light a fire that could melt a mountain, but there was no mana to keep her warm in her nightmares.
The Zero runes with which the Lodestar filled her thoughts spoke of all the terrible things that had happened to her and those that might happen to her were she to lose control over the Cursed Element of water.
