Najaran was one of those new strangers, but she stopped dead seeing him, staring at his ears before her legs buckled and she fell to the ground, eyes huge, tears starting to pool. She needs a moment, she does. Because she is very near to either hugging this stranger or bursting out crying or both. And she's not sure how that will play out yet. Her mind is still stuck on the last moments with Kigi. The voice of Kigi's sister, the feel of Old Willow.

Kigi wasn't the last. Her people survived. And she'd never know....