Before he could decide, she suddenly sat up with a stifled yelp. Her chest was rising and falling wildly, and there was a panicked expression on her face.
The blind girl raised her hands and tried to feel her surroundings, clearly not quite remembering where she was.
Sunny caught one of them, making Cassie flinch, and said darkly:
"Take a hold of yourself, damn it. You're in a cage in Night Temple. Stop thrashing around."
She froze, surrendering to his iron grip. After a while, Cassie took a deep breath and said weakly:
"...I'm alright."
He let her go, picked up the mostly empty waterskin, and put it onto her hand.
The blind girl drank the last of their water and closed her eyes, her breathing slowly returning to normal.
Sunny waited for a minute, and then asked in a gloomy tone:
"Another vision?"
She silently nodded.
A dark grin appeared on his face.
"What? Did we die again?"
Cassie shook her head, then opened her eyes and frowned.
"No… no, this time I saw someone else."
She put the waterskin on the floor, hugged her knees, and spoke again, her voice still tense, but now much calmer:
"It was one of the Lost — the man with grey eyes who advised Lady Welthe. He was in front of a large crucible, throwing shards of broken mirrors into the fire. There were thousands of them, all reflecting his image. Only… at some point, one of the reflections stopped."
She shivered.
"The Lost stopped, too, and stared at the motionless reflection, his eyes full of utter terror. It was as though he was paralyzed by fear. He opened his mouth to scream, but no sound came out of his mouth. After that, he didn't move anymore… but the reflection finally did. It raised its head, and… and smiled."
Cassie grew silent, and then added, her voice trembling:
"That smile filled me with so much dread that all I could think about was to run away. But I couldn't. That… that was when I woke up."
Sunny looked at her for a while, thinking. His face was cold and grim.
It wasn't hard to understand what the vision was about. Mordret's Aspect was somehow tied to mirrors, after all… but what did it all mean? What were his powers, exactly?
He sighed and turned away.
"It's fine. You did well. Go back to sleep, if you can."
She listened to him and slowly lay down. However, Sunny could tell by her breathing that the blind girl was wide awake.
He couldn't sleep, too.
…In the morning, the door of their cell opened, and the same group of Lost brought them more food.
Only, this time, there were only three of them.
The man with grey eyes was nowhere to be seen.