Maria sat tentatively on the chair she had so recently vacated, trying to get her thoughts in order. "Well, I'm in college. I go to Northwest Community College, and then every summer we go on vacation to San Francisco so that my sisters and I can go to Camp Jupiter." She sighed. "I'm fifth cohort's medical orderly, when I'm there." She folded her hands in her lap, fidgeting her fingers. "I play lyre, and harp. I can speak Latin fairly fluently and more or less fluently in Greek. My favorite color's blue. I don't really have many friends." She laughed breathlessly. "Oh, dear, I'm describing myself the way I did in kindergarten."