" He hasn't mentioned anything to me, but I hope to go exploring. My gifts would help sustain me in the real world, and as long as I was careful I think I could handle things well enough.. But who knows? Do you have any plans for when you finish schooling?"<br/><br/>She didn't want to think about how she would react if she was somehow forced to stay here. The green world around them was calling her, and like sailors in the grasp of a mermaids song she knew there was no escaping that inexorable pull.<br/><br/>Oriana watched his face, completely absorbed in conversation.