[One of the lesser things one could say about her was that despite her grandness, her dazzling aura, and her free-spirited personality, Berna was a witch who had few true friends. She had a magnetism, yes, but once she goes back to her workshop alone, there are only golems, perfectly sculpted to her taste, varied in personalities and looks as she pleases, and never to betray her.

So when someone asks to be her friend it's one of the few things left in this life that makes her heart seize.

It's so sweet. Thomas gets a laugh followed by a nod of confirmation.]

Friends? Yes. Absolutely. What a wonderful thing we have already Thomas.

[There are footsteps approaching and so she leaves her spot on the wall to stand next to him. Her prisms surround them in a circle and she puts a finger on her lips.]

Hush now. We can watch how they open it up.