‘You’re holding them like a barbarian,’ I said, snatching them off her. ‘These things need love and care, and...’ She was grinning at me in such a mischievous way that I couldn’t help but gawp at her. ‘I finally got your attention though, didn’t I?’ She said with a wink.The clouds parted and there it was, my first fleeting glimpse of the other place. The island in the sky. Magnificent and wondrous, the gates were tall and sparkling and the citadels and spires beyond were many. The golden bastion glinted briefly in the sunlight, before the clouds smothered it once more and it faded beyond my sight.