Chapter 16 Summary

Evening arrives, and Kira and Thomas wait for the tenders to finish their daily duties before venturing downstairs to visit Jo. Kira takes her scrap of cloth and advises Thomas to bring his special carved wood and his key, hoping that their objects will warn them if they are in danger.

Kira and Thomas make it to Jo's room without incident, and his key works perfectly. They find Jo sound asleep, and Kira gently wakes her. Jo is at first frightened, but she soon calms down once she realizes that Kira is the girl she spoke to through the keyhole. The girl again asks for her mother, but Kira explains that she cannot be brought, though Kira and Thomas live just above Jo's room.

Jo complains that the Guardians are making her learn all new songs and that her old ones came to...