[She slides along, shaking her head at her own familiar. Getting her wrapped up with talkative men, huh? The Dog vanishes and reappears outside, his spectral form fuzzing as he does. She isn't actually mad, just exasperated by the odd critter.]

I did know that, yeah. For the same reasons as you. Reading is fundamental.

[She was in that reading program as a kid, and it did stick with her.]

Avalon's so radically different from my home, it's enough to make my head spin.