"Mina! Mina!" Jakin bursts into the Ossechian room where Mina is shelving another batch of books, his cheeks flushed and his eyes alight with excitement. "Inric's back, and there's a stranger with him!" "What do you mean?" "She's got really long ears and no horns!" He bounces from foot to foot impatiently. "Come on, come on!" "But Jakin -" Mina puts the books down carefully on a table and runs out after him. "Jakin, wait!" She scurries up the spiral stairs and catches up with him just outside the gallery door. "You won't understand -" "Shhhhh!" he hisses, pushing the door open.