Serafina realizes that this sight unseen for thousands of years means they are joining Lord Asriel in his fight.
After Ruta takes flight, Serafina vows they must find Lyra.
The next morning in the forest outside the city, Serafina takes a look at Will’s peculiar injury.
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The witches wonder what caused it and Lyra urges Will to show them the knife.
When she asks what the blade can cut, Will lies about its abilities.
He looks about as delighted with the idea as you would imagine.
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Lyra always wanted to meet a witch, telling Serafina that her father gave her a book about them.
Serafina finds those books irritating because Lyra’s father knows what a witch looks like.
Serafina says they need to travel to their lands for the flora is more powerful.
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Lyra isn’t thrilled by the idea but Serafina reassures her that she can protect her better at home.
Later as Lyra walks with Will, she wonders if Serafina is right: his wound isn’t healing.
Meanwhile, he’s alarmed that they might abandon the search for his dad.
When Lee asks if this journey is folly or wisdom, Jopari doesn’t know yet.
They will find the bearer and tell him what his task is.
Lee inquires if it will protect Lyra and Jopari says it will protect them all.
He commands troops through the anomaly to face that threat; their first great sacrifice will be Lyra Belacqua.
If MacPhail thinks Coulter will bend to the Magisterium’s new order, he has another thing coming.
She’s at the point where she will allow no one and nothing to stand in her way.
She offers them food and they wonder who this strange woman is and why she isn’t being attacked.
When Malone tells them she’s here for another reason, both are heartbroken at the rejection.
Serafina tells Lyra that her obstinacy is her real gift, not her ability with the alethiometer.
If this is Lyra’s task, she will help her but this world makes her uneasy.
Lyra mentions the Specters but Serafina seems to be more concerned that Will’s hand is still bleeding.
As Lyra looks on in the firelight, the witches perform a spell to staunch the wound.
Will rests afterward and Serafina asks Lyra to consult the alethiometer about the location of Will’s father.
Once Lyra does, she responds that all it tells them is to keep going up.
Kaisa tells Will that part of the prophecy includes a boy that must travel with Lyra.
Lyra has never seen children that ferocious (has she looked in a mirror?)
Lyra points out that was until he met her and he gratefully agrees.
If Lyra’s compassion is one of her best traits, her mother seems incapable of it.
Boreal edges closer to her as she bids the Specters away and suggests they celebrate.
A tear escapes his eye as his snake daemon disappears into the ether.
She simply turns her attention back to her wine.
Later, once her drink is done, she holds her hand over the table’s candle.
He trembles in horror as she tells him to remember that.
Since they are undefended and being fired upon, Lee decides to set down in the valley.
They attack and soon another ship is in flames.
Lee and Jopari plummet to the earth in a crash-landing near Will and Lyra’s location.
