Milan spends the next two weeks pretty much entirely in his room, emerging only to get food, clean things, and exchange old books for new, during which time he strives not to interact with anyone except Bar, to whom he is unfailingly polite but very taciturn.

By week three he's starting to turn around. He ventures out the back door and fucks around with the landscape and makes some lake water do intricate tricks. He smiles at Kithabel next time he sees her.