‘Mina,’ came a voice across the silence of the plain.
At first she thought the power of her conjuring was greater than she’d realised. Then she saw stars fading into being ahead of her, and Uberto was there, a shadowy, starred Uberto, like herself, insubstantial as she in this shifting place. Inside the starry outline, she faintly saw the echo of Uberto’s features.
‘I saw you pass so swiftly beyond us,’ he said. ‘You are truly gifted. I ventured to Tarya for many years before I found this place. I knew the Place of Dreams, the Horizon, and the River of Light. Then quite by mistake I passed beyond the River once and found myself here. But it has never been easy. There has always been a cost for someone to pay. And I have never heard of another who came this far. Yet here you are, as thoug
