A lot of people talking a lot of stuff about that one. Probably some of it's total bullshit, but the one thing they mostly agree on is that it's a place for second chances. Maybe even more chances than that, if you can't stop fucking up.

[well, look at that - as the sparkler burns it changes color. this one's gone from gold to green.]

Yeah, this place has problems, but they're different problems. I guess it can be an escape if you're lucky enough.

[a shrug. had she been lucky when she'd been alone here? in a way, maybe, but viktor had found her almost as quickly as she'd found alayne sansa, and she'd never stopped thinking about powder. about jinx. about vander ...whose gauntlets those pthumerians had deposited in her "welcome" bag. some days it had felt like a welcome, and other days it had felt like a taunt.]

Maybe to learn the lesson of getting along and all hold hands and sing a song of friendship and the power of blood magic. [a look. a huff. an eyeroll.] Or maybe to fix Trench? [i mean. the pthumerians had the power to bring them here so why they didn't just fix it themselves? was A Question.] Shit, maybe it was just so you could stuff your face and win those dolls.

[me, though? well, it might be this. this here might just be worth all of it.]

Probably a lesson, though. [and off the cuff, because it's true:] Sometimes when I sit out here, I see a dragon flying.