She had given Rhoa, Faeannae and Tandavi a choice, but as the three of them saunter off together, the bird-woman screeches “WRONG!” after them and cackles like the mad old woman that she is. “Wrong, wrong, don’t be wrong again!” Whether she means wrong path or wrong to travel all together remains unclear. Still, she laughs and she cackles as she takes to flight again, to watch the horses as they weave through her maze. Does she grow madder as the horses crawl deeper into the maze? It seems so. As for Rhoa, were he to peer through the hedges and look down the other path, he would find nothing but more branches and shrubs. Whatever she was blocking is a mystery.

The creature next amuses herself with Desperado and Hotaru, who have converged in this strange, twisting maze. “Where you afraid alone, horses?” Is it by her design that these two, that have faced tribulations in the maze, have come together? No, it is pure random chance, but it amuses her all the same. But she does not stay to harass them, there are more horses in her maze of tricks and secrets to direct. Elsa, who followed her directions last time, is left alone. Instead, the hag descends upon Sikeax and Amani, who have followed one another through the maze. “You aren’t babies anymore, horses,” she caws at them. “The maze does not like follow the leader.” Her hacks and cackles fill the air and she flaps and hops away again, leaving it up to them to decide if there will be consequences of following one another for a second time.

At this final step of the maze, each horse is again presented with three options. A very familiar left, right, or center; however, there is something odd this time. At the entrance of each path, the horses will see mirages. Each path will have a different deep desire or favorite memory. For those who are gathered together, each horse will only see their own mirages. They must choose- do they take the left path marked by desire 1, the center path marked by desire 2, or the right path marked by desire 3?

Only Rhoa, who has amused the old hag the most, sees something different. The hag woman flaps and hops her way too him, and whispers and cackles into his ear. “Are you brave? Should you be brave?” Without further explanation, she flies away to the end of the maze, ready to gift her prize to the one she deems most worthy. Rhoa will see two desires, but one of the paths will show a mirage of his greatest nightmare. How he reacts to the old hag’s words is up to him.