"She was working at the seminary before," Mathea says. "Helping out, doing transcription, that sort of thing. That's fine, it's local work. It's a good craft to learn. But assistant to a Sage is the first step towards becoming one. And it's not an easy life." She looks up at Inric. "You're a Sage, or something like one. You travel around, right? Or is it different for scholars in your country?" "Different in some ways," Inric says, caught in a moment of unexpected nostalgia. "Not in others."