Chapter Seven through Chapter Nine Summary

Chapter Seven finds Ven, Oliver, Char, and the others in a cave on top of Floating Island, where they listen as the wind whispers voices from all over the world. Scroggins, one of the men, hears that his wife has had a child, and the other whispers that he is a great warrior. Oliver, Char, and Ven continue on until they come to where the winds of Vaarn blow, and Ven leaves a message for his father. Once finished, he, Oliver, and Char travel to the depths of the mountain, where Oliver takes a vial of water from his pocket, pours it into the moss, and fills the vial again from a stream. When questioned, Oliver notes he brings the island water from a well it cannot reach, and in turn, he takes some of...