"From what my sister says, it does not much sound like a place I would like. " said Wavecrest. "A fire in the sky that burns your skin? Pillars of stone where this is no water to be found? She does not make it sound very nice. But the people who come from there, yes, they are interesting!"<br/><br/>She turned round to look at Talion, her eyes lingering a bit longer and with a bit more appreciation than was strictly necessary.<br/><br/>"There are always six of us." she said. "Of my brothers, Sand and Coral oversee my father's business affairs, while Seamount provides the most wonderful music. Of my sisters, Pearl is the eldest of us, and I could ask for no finer or more loving sister, while River is the youngest--do not be afraid of her, she is delightful, so long as you behave."<br/><br/>She stopped before a large pair of doors carved from solid coral, and embossed with a mural of a heroically proportioned man rising from the sea to bestow blessings upon a ruined city and a desperate people.<br/><br/>"Are you ready?" she asked, with a dazzling smile. "Everyone's here!"