Night, in an oasis in one corner of the Southeast Dead Country.
Lady Vergara walked slowly with her head bowed, clutching a bamboo tube about ten inches in size, and her mouth twitching like she was chanting a spell.
She stopped right at the edge of a large pool of calm, clear water, while her dragon mount was resting under a large tree.
"Ighta kumanray, mighta yamantay!"
The words kept coming and suddenly she looked up, raising the bamboo tube high into the air as her chanting grew louder.
The bamboo tube suddenly gave off a soft greenish glow. The longer Lady Vergara chanted, the brighter the green light from the bamboo tube became.
An instant later, the light in the bamboo tube shot high into the sky. Like a firework, it burst and formed a giant green spark above.
The difference was that the green light made no sound or explosion.
