She is a child, a child with incredible magical power behind her that may be the source of what draws us into her nightmare, because she does not have full control over what is happening.

Her mother was ... tired, but sweet and she loved he child. Sodder was very afraid of her father, and in a great deal of pain, scared of many things, of monsters that seemed to be growing out of the world around her, desperate for any protection and hope she could find.