She's out of her depth.

Gabriela!

I heard that!

It's true. You should stop pretending to be brave. There's no shame in being scared.

Y...You!

No wolf of the Isengrim fears anything!

Girls, please. You'll attract more demons. We've been lucky so far, but...

You didn't answer my... Wait.

The air smells...weird.

Restrain yourself, little one. Did you feel that, Adriesta?

Yeah... It was like the air shuddered.

Something just sucked the flow of magic nearby. Come, we need to take a closer look.

Shouldn't we be going the other way?

Something this powerful would just catch up with us. And I am in no condition to fight yet.

Hmph. Weak dead thing is just afraid!

There it... Oh my.

What is that?

A dimensional traveler, and a potent one to boot. Stay back, I'll try to...

Faelan! Come back!

Hello strange water thing! I am White Wolf Faelan! Who are you?!

Salutoj, fizika momento. Kie mi estas? (Greetings, physical moment. Where am I?)

I do not speak strange talk! Do you howl? Which pack do you run with?

Ah! Miaj pardonpetoj, walker de mondoj. Ni humile petegas vian pardonon. (Ah! My apologies, walker of worlds. We humbly beg for your forgiveness.)

Keep quiet, pup. One wrong word and we will pay dearly for the mistake.

You don't tal--

Faelan. Let Gabriela lead.

Neniu pardonpeto bezonas, duono de eterneco. Mia parolado neklara? (No apology is needed, half of eternity. Is my speech unclear?)

Estas klare al mi, granda, sed ĝi eble ne tiom pro miaj kamaradoj. Se mi demandas, ĉu vi konas pli simplan lingvon? (It is clear to me, great one, but it may not be so for my companions. If I may ask, do you have knowledge of a simpler tongue?)

I understand. Transient moments do not speak of the winds and stars. Is this clearer?

Yes, great one. May we ask you for your name?

Strange water thing!

Faelan! Manners!

What are manners?

Names are shackles, yet futures must be fixed lest they go awry. I am Ilm, a seeker of knowledge.

I am Gabriela. And these are my companions, Adriesta...

Hello. It's a pleasure to meet you.

And you've met Faela--

White Wolf Faelan! Curse keeper of the Isengrim!

Yes, that.

An odd conjunction of destinies, then. We all bear these marks of fate on our bodies.

Ah. We call them Fuinsignum. However, no one truly knows what their purpose is, other than granting a little immortality after death.

Interesting. And you, fire maiden... You truly are interesting.

Me? Uh, alright. Thanks?

You will kill me.

Wh-What?!

Very well. I accept this weave of fate, for a subtle force has led me here, to this moment, to this place.

To you.

A subtle... You felt it too? An otherworldly presence?

Yes. And I now believe your companions have felt it too. It has touched us all, and two more besides.

But I cannot see where our tangled fates now lead to.

We go that way!

Actually, I was...

How odd. The little one speaks true. We must go that way, at least for a short while.

The weave of fate seems to subtly bend to our otherworldly ally. It directs us towards the heart of this matter, I discern.

Very well then. Go on ahead, we'll follow.

It's not like we're in a hurry to die or anything.

Gabriela, listen, about that...

Never mind what it said. World-walkers say the strangest things.

What's important is that we settle things between you and the Raug.

You mean us. We're all in this.

That we are.

Run faster, dead thing!

That pup is getting on my nerves!