[Shrieking or anything of the sort is not what Ellone does. She just widens her eyes and gazes at him in wonder for a moment as it all sinks in.]

You can do that?

[There's relief, and lots of it. Suddenly, she feels as though a huge burden's been lifted and she leans back against the wall, wiping her eyes.]

Thank you so much. This happened... like I said, it's happened once before, when I was a little younger than Slai is now, back at home. Raine... didn't make it through that. I don't think I could bear to see it happen again.