A bit brave for a healer from the Shiverpeaks, Fading Aurora stood face-to-face with the titan. He called himself Greer, and nothing about us was threatening to him. Aurora told Poky to flee, but the kid refused. We threw ourselves into the fight in a desperate attempt to keep Poky alive. Aurora was unexpectedly grounded, given the circumstances. She immediately looked for a solution to overcome Greer's rapidly spreading rot—magically imbued seeds. Aurora ordered us to kill Greer's minions so that we could cleanse the arena of twisted, rotten magic. When we thought that we'd achieved the upper hand, Greer turned to Poky instead. Before the titan could attack, Aurora stepped between them. And in that moment, her façade finally dropped. After conjuring a spell far exceeding the capabilities of a humble healer from the Shiverpeaks, it became clear: Waiting Sorrow was standing before us. She halted Greer's attack with ease. With her full powers revealed, overcoming Greer was an easy task. But all eyes immediately snapped to the missing wizard. Poky was distressed; his mentor had lied to him, and another facet of his once-comfortable reality was shaken. He told me that he needed to walk it off, so he's headed to a nearby research camp to do just that. With Poky out of earshot, I turned to Waiting Sorrow for an explanation. Beyond establishing diplomatic bonds with the lowlanders, finding her was my next priority. Powerful, certainly, but not the intimidating runaway she was painted as—another melodramatic musing from Isgarren, perhaps? Her concern was with Poky first, and then the titans. Caithe and Malice, who remained as stalwart as you'd expect, prodded her with additional questions: Are there more? Are we safe? Waiting Sorrow was hazy, claiming that an uptick in Mistburn—energies radiating from the Mists—were causing unnatural disturbances on the island. She asked if I intended to detain her, but if a titan does indeed roam this island still, she might be the ally we need to shut it down, since she's helped us take out one already. Keeping her identity from the kodan might be a more complicated challenge given their hesitance toward magic, but at least the majority of the Astral Ward wouldn't be able to recognize her. She's kept her identity a secret for this long, after all. Even while tensions are high, Caithe and Malice handled Waiting Sorrow's reveal with curiosity—leave it to the spymasters to be unphased by secrets. While they mull over the news, I'll see if I can track down Poky and see how he's doing. Kid's been through a lot, and he shouldn't be left alone in a place like this.