Seated on the pedestal was Jon's mom.
"What are you doing here, your Majesty," asked Jon. Crap, he thought, I can't just call her mom.
A voice with a regal bearing, but still his mother's voice emerged. "I became aware, last night, that something is wrong with you, my daughter. I prepared this spell to find out what it might be. I see, now, that the same thing has happened with you, as well, Lady Dara. I cannot do much for you two from here, but..."
