He settled upon the moon's dusty surface, with a glow of magical moonlight over him, so he could breathe on the moon, where there's no air.

There was no more sign of the bothersome little wolves. They'd been left far behind on the earth. And there was a long moment of great silence and peace.

He saw the moondust near him silently drift into the shape of a great palm of a woman's hand, and he heard a woman's voice say, "Come to me." He walked to the hand, and in the middle of the palm the moondust drifted and shifted more, and a woman's face appeared larger than life in the palm, and its eyes opened, and they were real eyes, and the lips parted and spoke.

"I am the White Goddess, called Selena, Isis, and Athena, who when our ancient people left the earth for the stars, flew too near the moon, and was captured here for all time. Here I watch over the earth, and answer many of its wishes, torment others, and cover the earth with my magic. It's why the earth is full of magic. I forever give my visions of love to the world, both mild and wild, since I'm sometimes lonely to madness here.

"The Nameless is a scourge to the whole universe, and you must have great power to face it down, and courage, since you must also face down the Nameless in yourself that destroys all magic along with your soul.

"From the Moondragon you must take what's left when the sun strikes it, tell your final secrets to it, and cast it before the Nameless."