"Joyous Winter's Crest, Percy." Her pinkish-red eyes still managed to sparkle with something like warmth rather than demonic glee. "I am pleased to spend another Winter's Crest with you so soon after the last. It is only two months for me."

She would not have wished herself to this place without Zahra and Beatrycze, but she did find it a relief not to look over her shoulder for her sisters at all times. "You seem more...content...than I have known you to be. I am pleased for that, too."