“I told you she was going to be fine here. Look, she’s opening her eyes,” Raksha’s voice was softer than usual in her head.

“Rhiannon, baby!” Aidan patted her face gently, and the girl opened her eyes to find a dark sky, with no stars, but at least she could see the treetops.

“What happened?” she asked trying to sit up and realized that she and Aidan were sitting on a blanket on the grass, in a green and rather quiet place.

“You fainted,” Aidan answered with concern. “Raksha says that your brain got saturated with so much noise and so many people.”

Rhiannon nodded, holding a hand to her forehead.

“Yes, I guess I got a little dizzy. I’m sorry, I just come from a more... quiet time. I just need to adjust.”

Aidan pulled her to him, hugging her with a sigh of relief, and the girl could almost smell the fear leaving every pore of his body.

“Don’t worry, we're going home now.”

“Where are we?” she asked, looking around. The last time she had closed her eyes they were in the middle of the cit