"Sealed your-" her eyes narrow sharply in protective concern. But she doesn't know the full story, only has the incident of Maxwell filling her with shadows to know that magic sometimes backfires so badly.

Her hand is just corporeal enough to take, fingers curling through Valdis' own. She has to convince herself that this is real, Valdis is really here. Her maid of honor, her friend through the hardships.

"I've been so scared... that I lost everything. But Peter thinks... Maximilien's wish."