I left Tulip to her new status, to explore her connection more perfectly, departing for the Crosspath while she sent out a general broadcast to her people I caught on my way out the door.

Repository residents, she sent. Assemble. We have much to do.

Whatever plans the head archivist had for her realm, that was now on her. Hard not to feel good about passing on the spark to the place it belonged, though I was acutely aware of the fact I was down to one-Peter's-with no ...