Zanthus has been invited to a house in southeastern Selenia and asked to come equipped for a swim, because there's a pool. He's old enough to be trusted alone in places like this, but what he finds out when he gets there is that he isn't alone. Emerald Flame isn't sure whose house this is, either; he was invited there same as Zan. The phrase "a reflection of flame from a pool of water" is weighing on his mind, though.