        “The two of them allowed themselves to be examined by the other, still maintaining their distance.  When they had finished, I asked Lyra if she would be willing to meet with the creature again in one cycle and she said she would.  She wrote out her request in common, then Unicorn, although it understandably did not comprehend either.  Finally, she drew out on the sand a simple pictogram representing the sunrise and the number of days, and the creature seemed to indicate that it would return.”