Doria's eyes widen slightly. She is impressed by your resolve. "The horses have drunk their fill," she says. "Let us go. If we leave now, we should reach the Mirror Caves by tomorrow evening."
As you climb back onto the horses and ride on, you can hear birds taking off around you, as though they have been disturbed by your movements. You watch their shadows cross the ground as they fly off—yet when you look up to behold the graceful creatures, you find the sky empty!