(the "Good Walkers"), discovers she carries the "birth-caul," a veil that allows her to see the invisible. In the ruins of a Roman temple, she finds a manuscript that speaks of a "Quantum terraformer"—a mythical device hidden beneath ancient structures that could speak the "crooked language" of the stars. The Antagonist: The Shadow of Lucida Mansi Arisimaria's journey leads her to Lucca, where the ghost of Lucida Mansi (the "Good Walkers")