“Those are great words⁠—great words indeed, choya ,” shrilled Yolara at last; and again Lakla winced beneath the word. “Lo, for laya upon laya , the Shining One has been freed from the Three; and for laya upon laya they have sat helpless, rotting. Now I ask you again⁠—whence comes their power to lay their will upon me, and whence comes their strength to wrestle with the Shining One and the beloved of the Shining One?”

And again she laughed⁠—and again Lugur and all the fairhaired joined in her laughter.