Illusions
Sevir woke up to the sound of footsteps, but everything else was dark. Even the tree, right before his eyes, was too dark for him to see. Slowly and steadily, his eyes adjusted and he could see the forest around. The footsteps were even coming straight for him, not like the guards, going side to side.
The fire was long out around them. Sevir checked and found Hiwaga walking over, her sleeveless, gown-like cloak flowing behind her, just short of skimming the floor but not really touching. She had the floating effect to the eye even with the sure pressed steps he heard across the forest floor.
Her shaved head and gleaming white scale against the brown contrasted too much and gave her a fierce appearance.
After calling Bailong over, she had a meaningless chat about their future plans and the path to take which Bailong only half listened. For the rest of the time, she was floating, lost in her visions.