Bichen vanishes in a flicker of pale blue light as he returns it to its hidden storage and moves past her to stand just inside the door. He waits quietly while she absorbs the sight, letting her get past her initial shock.

"An inn. Although a very strange one."

She is staring at the window much as he had, much as he figures anyone must. Remembering what Gaeta-qianbei had told him and how it had helped, as much as anything could, he says,

"What you see. It is the end of all things, but it is not -- real. Or not here. If you watch long enough, it starts over again, and repeats."