She seems sympathetic and tells him her name is Hydnellia. She says him she believes his friends will survive, but she doesn't know what they will see when they go through the ascension or what will happen to them then. The Summoned are different. She adds that the shrines will help them, but that they must understand that help comes with a cost.

She then returns the offerings to him. As she does, he will find that she has slipped him one of her charms.