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Potema, though delighted to be back amidst her true family — her blood family — still felt disconnected to them. Of course she was — she had been gone for more than a month, she missed a lot — but that still didn't excuse that sense of isolation she felt even though she was practically pressed between them all. Potema looked up at her father's eyes and saw the sudden wash of sadness overcome the joy he had before. You idiot. Of course he wasn't over Meldresi, because you still weren't! Potema sucked up the mental beratings and spoke, sounding very much like her mother: official, sure of herself, calm, mystical.

The witches...they enchanted it. She had been there for the ritual and was amazed by the dexterity they exhibited as they worked on the bone. They never taught her that, for she didn't stay the full term, but she slightly wished that she did. They said that it could be used to connect to the Void through Mother...but still, it's very powerful.