Nice again. Not a simple happy ending (good, that's too trite). Not a triumphant one, either. And yet it ends well...I think. The battle was amazing, on multiple levels, but only a step on the road. It would be interesting to see what Trent finally figured out. But Lyra has definitely got a lot of things figured out for herself - not all the answers, and she still has healing to do, but she's on her way. She keeps contrasting her new self with that frightened mouse under a log - it's lampshading, maybe, because she's come a very long way in a short time. But every step makes sense. Great story; I can hope there might be more, in that world at least. ( )