She was now even more certain that she'd made the right decision to accept Todd's offer to stay on the hive. Taking the book, she smiled softly and stroked a hand lovingly over the slightly worn cover.

Settling onto the couch, she removed her gloves, the feeling of the pages on her fingertips a soothing balm on her soul, and opened to the first page. "On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays it was Court Hand and Summulae Logicales, while the rest of the week it was the Organon, Repetition and Astrology..." The words came easily and the story unfolded around her, embracing her like an old friend. She wouldn't stop reading unless Todd made her, either with a question or some other means of getting her attention.