"Yes," Valdis replied as Kratos put her down. She was strong enough to sit up on her own, she might even be able to stand, but not worth trying now. "It tried to fight off the intruder, but it wasn't strong enough." Which was deeply troubling. "My ka went at it too, but she couldn't hold it back either...It wanted to know what has been going on in Keeliai for the last few years, it...has been trapped? I didn't want to tell it anything, so it decided to tear the information from my memories. If the Void hadn't stopped my heart, it might have done more than that."

Valdis watched Raine closely as she used her spell, not entirely heartened by the look on the woman's face.

"What?"