The children gazed out across the lake. The wind was stronger on the exposed edge and they held on to each other as the Monument tower approached. Unlike the staircase on Loxo, the structure rising from the island was unadorned save for a single plain red flag billowing from the top of the tower. It also bore a long, horizontal wooden ‘branch’ that protruded out from the stonework. Two guards stood on the upper, open level, waiting.