Emancipation

[Anastasia]

"Sarren, an old mercane who keeps to himself," Kascha says, "He resides peacefully on Arcadia."

[Corwin]

That makes three. "We'll pursue this lead soon," Seira voices. "In the meantime, I would like the two of you to approach the others on my list. Gremee of Eldath for you, Kascha, and Lanal Marqez for Donald. Kascha, Gremee's husband might have interesting insights of his own for you, as you consider your future domains. And Donald, once you're done and have Lanal's insights, why don't you visit Emily with Elle? See if you can lend a hand, but don't try too hard if your help's unwanted."

[Anastasia]

"Aye aye," Donald agrees, "Want to me to drop these off by Hope's Landing while I'm going out?"

[Corwin]

"Please do, along with what I've learned with the help of Dynosys."

[Anastasia]

As Donald goes, Kascha lingers. "Ah, Seira," she says, "Can I have your advice?"

[Corwin]

"Sure! What's going on?"

[Anastasia]

"Someone prayed to me," Kascha says, "But it was for relief, simply calling on a name they heard that day. He suffered from some sort of distress, perhaps stones of the kidney or a similar affliction. What...what should we do in those situations?"

[Corwin]

"Change the situation a bit. Say he'd used a Sending to you to make that request, what would you have done? How about while you were at Aurora, what if you overheard someone say it wistfully? What would your response be?"

[Anastasia]

"If I twas on Aurora, send them to a healer," Kascha says, "Otherwise..." Here she says, "But it's different because I'm different now, Seira."

[Corwin]

"Does it have to be?" Seira asks her. "You had the power to heal them even back on Aurora, but you would direct them to the healer despite them dropping your name. At the same time, you wouldn't just ignore it. So you could send back a concept, a nudge in the direction of a suitable healer nearby. Or, perhaps, send a vision to one of your faithful in the area to try to help. It's all about how active you intend to be, but there's no harm in still being as active as before, is there? Proportionally, of course."

[Anastasia]

"Like that, then?" Kascha says, "That's something to think about, Seira," she turns to go and...doesn't even trip, gracefully moving along. "Thank you."

[Corwin]

"We're always here for you, Kascha!"

Seira is happy to have helped. And now, she heads to meet with the Guardians of the Seal!

I'll call on them ahead of time and request a meeting. As the notes suggested, my divine status gives me favorable chances of said meeting happening.

[Anastasia]

The moment you begin to focus your will to call?

'They will see you,' Is the answer, a grandfatherly voice filling your mind. 'Lady Seira, you need only head to Elysium and walk forward.'

[Corwin]

That's easy enough to do! Seira transports herself to Elysium and starts walking.

[Anastasia]

You appear amid the endless fields and green plains. Yet as you walk, you notice it's getting brighter. Brighter, brighter and brighter yet, brighter than the sun in the sky above. As if all was birthed and radiant in light, a light that makes your flesh shimmer like the scales of a golden dragon.