She glances at Lan Wangji for confirmation, then makes her way to sit on the indicated bed. "I came through a portal," she says, voice soft. "My...friend was meant to follow me. I don't know what happened to him. We were attacked."

Her hand goes to her side. "We fled, but not fast enough. I think he was cursed...He opened the portal, and I flung myself through it. It was meant to bring me to another place on the Continent – in my own world, I mean."

Her voice turns wry. "I'm not very skilled at controlling travel through worlds. At least I fell in a lake, and not off a mountaintop."