On the Pantheon Islands, many things—including the shadows—hunted minds. “Rokke,” he thought to ask, “are you hiding us?” She chirped. He didn’t know her well, but it seemed affirmative. Good, as that was her job. But he wondered. Had…had the two of them started to bond already? That was fast. Faster than he was comfortable with. Either way, her talent hid them from things that hunted for minds. You didn’t need to fully bond an Aviar to be lent its talent, if it was near. “Turn it off,” Dusk said. She squawked in a panic. “It’s all right,” he said,
