When Corwin comes back from the Goblin Market, Malin has already retired for the day, but when she gets up in the evening, he might notice that she's not following her usual routine, which is heading directly to the door or to find him. Instead, she heads for the bathroom, and a while later there is a knock behind him against the doorframe.

In the door stands a young woman of perhaps seventeen, a hesitant smile on her lips, not able to allow herself to hope that this is really working just yet, anxious to learn if it does. She's wearing simple clothes appropriate for her age, jeans, t-shirt, jumper, sneakers.

"Hey."

The voice is unchanged and very clearly Malin's, though.