SCENE SUMMARY
Near the Golden Fields, Bex discovers a steampunk guitar Avio left for him beside Avio’s grandparents’ graves. Using the guitar and a radio, Bex contacts Avio, who is traveling through the night sky in his air balloon toward the Falls. Their conversation reveals Bex’s loneliness and resentment over Avio leaving, while Avio explains his overwhelming need to follow his dream. During the call, Bex meets Lilix, a nurse from Dreamer Village searching for “grave lilies,” rare roots that grow around graves and can heal a patient. As they gather the flowers together, Bex opens up about hiding the truth that his entire family died from Shadow Fever, admitting Avio is the only family he has left. Avio accidentally overhears the confession through the radio and realizes how much pain his friend is in. Both boys have a change of heart — Bex desperately tries to stop Avio, while Avio abandons his journey to return home — and the two race blindly toward each other, unable to reconnect over the radio.
7. GRAVE LILIES
