After lunch, I found Seraphina already seated at a corner table in the lobby. She was surrounded by a tidy arrangement of notes, her silver hair shimmering faintly in the soft light filtering through the tall windows. Without looking up, she gestured for me to join her. Ever efficient, she had clearly been working while waiting for me.
"Our topic is enlightenment," she began, her tone calm and direct as always. She barely paused to glance at me as I pulled out my notebook and sat across from her. Her ice-blue eyes scanned her notes with precision, as though she was already piecing together the entire presentation in her mind.
I nodded, settling into my seat. "Enlightenment," I repeated. "Broad topic, but foundational."
"Precisely," she said, her voice measured. "It isn't just an abstract concept. It's the key to ascension."
