I followed Thane for several minutes, watching the landscape replay itself every few hundred feet. Neither of us spoke. After a while, we reached a cliff I recognized, but it wasn't the one that led to Tumultus. It was the one that led to Thane's apartment. We descended a short path that led to the door embedded in the rock and, before long, we were indoors again.

Thane hit the switch for the lights, illuminating the room. "So," he said, "what was it you needed to talk to me ...