The heron spirit continued to harass them through the window until well after sundown, when - thanks to Stella running point on distracting the night watch - they were able to steal off of the ship, with Kir flying Kordia across the waters of the lake as he followed the heron, which glowed light blue to his manasight.
Not wanting to repeat his experience of trying to walk through the spirit's domain, Kir overflew the forest until he spotted the familiar, shallow lake, and the giant mink staring up at him with golden, glowing eyes.
He landed in the water about ten meters away from her, and discovered the "shallow" lake came up to his waist, but as soon as he let Kordia free, she was able to walk on the surface like it was no more than a centimeter deep...
Or was permitted to.