The women asked: Who is safe?

And Tamsen Nightingale said: The women who shelter in this red grove are safe.

The women asked: How are they safe?

And Tamsen Nightingale said: In this red grove, no woman can be harmed. No violence may come upon her. No injury to her flesh from the flesh of another.

The women asked: Who is welcome?

And Tamsen Nightingale said: Those who can walk in darkness are welcome and those who affix to the deeply woven roots are free.

—The Story of the Sisters, Welcoming Incantation