[assistant starts frantically whispering something in my ear]

and the mirror
not her waking,
aching body showed,
but endless forms,
from feathered fractal
edges spilling out
a snowstorm
swirling silent
in her eyes
[assistant starts frantically whispering something in my ear]
maybe my favorite in the series. the second book is basically all exposition teeing up the third one. have fun!