A simple gesture, a flicker of Light and Dark: the second token manifests in Mara's palm.

"Your token—and with it, your reward.

"I have given further consideration to Riven's posthumous generosity. Tit for tat, ever to the last. As she might have said, is any prize ever as sweet as when it is hard-won?

"A dragon's mindset. But it has its time and place. Well fought, Guardian."