"Would you believe you are not the first human to say as much? Many of my fellow scholars expressed such envy when I was able to remain awake to study while they were off to bed." She laughed a bit more prominently then; full of mirth, and almost nostalgic as she recalled the memory.

It was probably for the best she did not have such a need - no doubt the nightmares would come for all that she had seen and suffered in her long life. Plagued as she was in silence during her waking hours, she could only imagine how terrible those memories could be unhindered in the dark.

"What they lacked in time they made up for in determination, however. Given what I have seen of your talents, I assume you hold the same resoluteness."