Music is something I'm familiar with in my own world and in others, so whatever assistance I can be, or however my ear might be used with your skillful, I make free offer of it.

And yes, you're correct. The energy of this world doesn't easily interface with us. Hemla had been working to meld the two, to an extent—if there's anything I might do to help those experiments, or simply keep Hemla from utter exhaustion, I'm happy to do so.

I'm an excellent archer if nothing else, though nets might be better for many birds: still, I can work to keep them off Hemla's island's southern shore. Do we have contact with the Southern Island, are they faring better than they had the days prior?