[He made Marianne laugh!! Screw Merlin, this post was worth it just for that.]

That's right. The first time I went to the edge of the world is when I first saw the desert, and I was just dying to know what was out there. I can't say yet whether the trip was worth it, but it's at least information that we didn't have before.

Who knows? Maybe I really have a nose for these things, and that maelstrom is hiding something just like the Wind Caller.