The Five Knots waited until every member was awake before discussing what had happened.
Hospital attendants checked their names, confirmed that each restored body had remained in its bed for the full twelve hours, and allowed them to dress. The stiffness in their muscles came from lying still. The wounds from the Dwarven Airship level no longer existed.
Tessa requested a private recovery room before anyone could overhear enough unfamiliar words to begin asking questions. The party gathered around a narrow table and shared the portions of their system records connected to the afterlives.
They began with proof that they had not experienced the same place.
Tessa showed them the Sea of Lanterns. Kesh showed the Endless Library. Belda's record named Valhalla, while Min and Orin carried confirmations from the Forge Beyond the Flame and the Field of Reeds.
