Blacktail Deer Plateau Choosing death in order to live

"Wha-a-a-at?" Wraen arched her eyebrows in surprise, when Maia had greeted her in the oddest way possible - tongue stuck out and with words that had a very distant resemblance to a more conventional "hello". She did not elaborate on the matter, therefore it was probably nothing of importance and Wraen did not continue to rack her brain about it. 

"Well, I have to disappoint you - Lady Summer has danced with the Wintersmith already - we won't see her for many, many months to come," Wraen replied, referencing (not conciously) to a Terry Pratchett book of the same name. She looked around and then back at Maia, she sighed: "The toughest part is ahead of us. But I have high hopes - we will survive."