Cecily encounters Kate at the Speakeasy, before she realizes what event the gods have in store for them today. She orders, but nothing alcoholic, and hasn't even said a word yet to the other woman as she reaches out a hand to accept the glass of water that's been presented to her and brushes the other's arm - barely.

Then, she seems it. Cecily is launched into-...something, some scene that she doesn't recognize. The Inquisitor gasps, eyes wide as she tries to get her bearings. The setting is unfamiliar, and though Kate seems a little unsteady, she also seems to have a purpose here. Kate doesn't address Cecily at all, and she assumes (based on past experiences with Hadriel, a few times over now) that this isn't the present reality at all. It's a vision, or a memory, or else some other kind of hallucination.

First, my body goes. Then: my mind.

"Kate?" she asks with urgency, but is ignored. The other woman approaches, writes, then reaches out a hand to touch

the

...

"Kate!" It isn't a worried shout, but it's an urgent one. This is it, she thinks, without much by way of evidence. The Door is before them, and coming into contact with it does something awful to Kate. Before Cecily can process really any of this, she's snapped back into the Speakeasy and falls from her chair with a loud series of thumps.

The water glass is untouched, and the Inquisitor is stunned into silence.