She tucks him in, kisses his temple, and goes to look for a blank spot on the harmonics sheet or two. Elisha, who coordinates all this, adds her to round out a quartet for some SATB classical selections the next evening and then pairs her with Serah for the following midafternoon.

Isabella goes back to her quarters, picks up one of her history books and a notebook in which to write musings, and reads, flopped on her stomach with one wing over Micaiah.