Porcupine Ridge Numerous sections are inscribed with "ETERNAL",

Mothers, she thought, were always destined to end the same way: gone. Dead or disappeared, it made no difference. Anathema saw no great tragedy in Lorcan's confession. Just reality. Just the way it always would have gone.

She blinked at his next words, though. Does it? Her head tilted to one side as she spoke, ears cupped forward. I guess it depends on what you're afraid of. Living in ignorance - that scares me. Whatever else I find, it can't be as bad as that.

Even if she found her own death — that didn't scare her.