When she stood and met his gaze, the corner of the sorcer's lip quirked into a smile.  He held his position, just more than arm's reach and nodded at the change in her demeanor.<br/><br/>"An excellent answer to my question.  This is real, and yet it also a dream.  This place does not exist within the world as you know it, yet it has sheltered my soul for all these years.  For you see, while my body is long dead, my spirit is eternal.  I have waited for a suitable vessel such as yourself to come into reach.  You walked the halls of my castle and prayed in my chapel for a means of escaping your father's plans to denigh you the throne.  There is much I can teach you Aurora, much indeed."