They understood each other, then. Good. That was all she could ask. With that scant reassurance in mind, Raine moved on.

"All right. I'll start with Valishaera. The ruins you saw were part of that city. We made landfall there this summer. The black and white arch, in particular, was of a kind that featured prominently-- it's a portal to the Dreaming. Do you know much about the planes here?"