"Building purely-mental framework takes a lot of practice, yeah," Nita agreed.

While they may not have learned the same things, some techniques stayed the same.

"And- maybe? Depends on if you're the type that leads sermons, I think."

Nita's mom had seen to it that they'd had some church education - but after a certain point she'd stopped forcing them to go, and after that Nita hadn't been as devout as some could get.

He was definitely right about things taking time, though. And- oh!

"My name's Nita; what's yours?"