- One of Sadima's goats is giving birth, and it's not going well.
- Someone appears and shouts her name—it's a young dude in a black robe, which makes Sadima instantly wary. He says he wants to talk to her, and that his name is Franklin.
- He notices that the goat isn't doing well, and asks if he can help. Sadima says no, and that she's helpless too—and then he suggests that she try loaning the goat some of her strength.
- This intuitively makes sense to Sadima, since she's felt feelings and thoughts flow into her from animals before. This would basically be reversing the exchange, so she tries to give some of her strength to the goat, and it seems to work.
- The goat gives birth to four baby goats (aw…), and Franklin helps Sadima carry them partway back to the farm.
- Franklin tells Sadima that he lives in Limòri, and that his master, Somiss, is a brilliant man intent on restoring magic to the world. They talk about how she can hear the thoughts of animals, and how Franklin heard about her taming the horse and that's why he came to see her.
- He tells her to come see him in Limòri someday, and that maybe she can help them gather up the puzzle pieces to figure out magic again. If people could understand one another the way Sadima understands animals, maybe they could end war and violence.