[Declan is smarter than this. He's smarter than to wander out into something like this, but then he thought that he might be smarter than that, but Ronan, who is led by his temper and rarely by his brain, isn't. Remaind is with him, whispering about the dangers, and Ronan, impervious (not true) to the magic of lights (not impervious, simply exposed, it was a dream that invaded the Barns when they were children and when they returned, and Declan finds them just another reminder of how ordinary he is) he doesn't follow them. He just keeps his eyes open.
And then he hears it.
Remaind, in the usual fashion, caws out Cody. Cody!]
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And then he hears it.
Remaind, in the usual fashion, caws out Cody. Cody!]
That's not helpful.
[Declan says it carefully.]
Where are you trying to go?