“Then the talisman is a Mebbain, a gateway to the worlds between worlds. Only she amongst us has the power to create such a thing. But why has she trapped me here?”
“I do not know. She said nothing to me of this Mebbain before she left us. Tomas told me that she went back across the heavenly plane with Raven and would not return in this turn of the gyre. Do you know why Raven desired your death, Dai?”
He sighed and studied his hands. “I have no doubt Geya acted through her. She and I have been enemies for many turns of the gyre. When the others discovered that I had come to Yrth, she saw an opportunity to revenge herself on me.”
“The other Dai told me that you came... for me? Is that true?”
Dai spoke offhandedly. “I only wanted... I mean, I did not understand then what it meant to be h
