" What did you do?" Kate asked." Nothing. We're inside the wards." Simon laughed and drank the elixir.She looked around with surprise. " How can you tell? At night? In the snow?" " That tree." He indicated an ash tree standing amidst other ash trees." It looks like a thousand other trees." " No, it looks like you." Simon took a shallow, pained breath, but smiled. " It's my marker." Both Kate and Malcolm stared at the tree. Kate cocked her hip. " It looks like me? A tree? That's flattering." " Yes. See how the curves--" Simon worked his hands in an hourglass shape. " It looks like you. "