Calming rain

"The Mathers Giant flipped."

"That's… yeah," Sveta said. "She got Rain."

I looked down at Rain.

"Rain?" I asked.

He didn't respond. Two seconds later, he twitched.

"Blind and deaf," Tattletale said. "He sees only what she wants him to see."

"Which is what the Simurgh wants him to see?" I asked.

*****

Rain made small sounds.

"Rain," I said, crouching down. "Rain, hey. Look, I'm going to use my aura. You don't need this."

I used my aura, calming him. I let the range extend to Zugzwang.

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