“Jasnah,” Ivory said, becoming full size as he stepped free of her collar. He leaned down. “Jasnah, this is right. Somehow it is.” He seemed completely stunned. “It is not what makes sense, yet it is still right. How. How is this thing?” Renarin pulled back from her, his tearstained eyes going wide. “I saw you kill me.” “It’s all right, Renarin. I’m not going to.” “But don’t you see? Don’t you understand what that means?” Jasnah shook her head. “Jasnah,” Renarin said. “My vision was wrong about you. What I see … it can be wrong.”

