These days, with the numbers of Foreigners relatively small and the planes behaving as strangely as they were, Raine liked to try to keep an eye on everyone.

And there was a marked lack of Valdis. It was especially odd not to see Valdis for more than a few days.

Consequently, Raine ventured by Valdis's house instead of her own after work, the day after she noticed the troubling pattern, and came to tap on the door. "Valdis? If you're there, do you have a moment?"