He sensed her. She was still far away, dim and small in the distance, but he knew her. Though he had not yet met her, he knew her. From the world of flesh and blood a vague sense of the features that came with the voice arose in him. Dark brown eyes and jet hair, high cheekbones and full lips, serious expression: All were more than familiar. They were somehow, in the mystery and wonder of this place beyond the world that contained his life, unbearably dear.
