While Zephyr stood bathed in that invisible majesty, Ember saw things more clearly, manifesting directly in front of him was the towering, luminous figure of Nana, an archaic, maternal embodiment of the world's deep foundations.
"Speak your truth to the world, child," Nana said, her voice echoing not in his ears, but in the very core of his spiritual anatomy, "as your throne is raised to join the stars above this world and its people."
