[Lup laughs at that, not unkindly. That one, she hasn't heard.]

They could be geese! Not the most fashionable of birds, but very annoying, which is appropriate.

[She's pretty sure Voreman John would agree if someone asked.]

I heard this story from a ghost, once, and I really liked it. "I saw all of existence, all at once. I saw a dark storm, a living hunger eating it from within. But I saw a brilliant light heralded by seven birds, flying tirelessly from the storm. I saw seven birds."