The Sentinels to rest in gardens and wake in crypts

lucani was the first to witness them, and when deirdre beheld them her heart lept. they were a beautiful sight, undoubtedly, and deirdre gazed toward the handsome medicine woman to see what she thought of this. the woman was beside herself with awe, and at the whispered words, deirdre responded, nothing is impossible, with a genuinely warm smile; why, before them was proof of this! and deirdre moved toward the flowers to speak with them, to welcome them back to their homes! they were alive, swaying in the wind, and the sweet scent of them invigorated her. lucani told her more of the water violets, and deirdre listened raptly to her, laying herself beside the flowers for the lesson. well after nightfall, deirdre learned from lucani--of more than simply these violets--and deirdre, under the watchful eye of lucani, soon fell to a sleep filled at last with flowers and their sighs in the wind, rather than the terrible rasping cough of her father before death.