Robin waved off her thanks with a childish gesture. "Of course you could! You have great strength within you. Why do you think you've been granted the sight? It isn't just anyone with depths enough to see the cloaked man and stand up to the ice in what passes for a soul in that creature."
Robin noticed that the other two girls still looked confused and his demeanour changed from childish to serious. "Sit down girls and I'll tell you a story. Not all the details of course, as that isn't my way, but I will tell you enough for now so that you can begin your journey."
The girls all sat down, crossed-legged in the sun-dappled clearing surrounded by flowers and without a single creature moving. The hush that had fallen upon the glade like a down comforter added a solemnity to Robin that had be
