Lunise wove her fingers with Meesei's fingers between them and held on. "You are too altruistic for your own good, my dear. Or, perhaps, all this time, you have already been doing what you desire?" The corner of Lunise's mouth Meesei could see hinted a small smile for a moment. "There is a bittersweetness to that, I think."

She took another quick breath. "That does it. [i]I[/i] will have to think of something for you. Over a century your senior and connected with the greatest educational institutions in the Dominion, I am sure there is something you have not seen that will be worth this little chapter of free time." She blinked. "Hmph. But what?"