PLATFORM RATH in Cavanaleck

Monsieu Ratethornleak and the Hidden Mountain Woman were both right. The woman is still alive inside the mountain, waiting for the man to stop pretending he understands her. She is not a monster or a god. She is the mountain itself, using woman and child and kitchen and chamber and chamber and chamber to speak. When Ratethornleak stopped listening to his own pride and answered her questions, the mountain gave back the child and showed him the room where mountain women keep their dead and young and remembered things. The woman did not want to be defeated. She wanted to be known.