Elias is an odd failure who pretends to be human, but is it because of his master’s words or because of his distrust for humans that he stopped communicating about himself? Lindel’s alias, Echoes, refers to a song akin to the sound of snowmelt traveling through the wind, causing the blooming of flowers and the dancing of fairies. The magic of the song turns into a mirror on the surface of the water Chise peers into. What does she see beyond the mirror?