?But I?ll be with you, and you know all that stuff already!? She
stopped dead and gripping his hand tightly to her chest. ?I?m
strong enough now, I swear! Please? I?ve always dreamed of traveling!
> Lucas, you have no idea! My whole life I?ve wanted off this
island.?
?I know, and we will?soon! We?ll tape a map to a dartboard and
wherever we hit, we?ll go. Fiji, Finland, Florence, whatever!? he
said indulgently, pulling her against him to stop her from jumping
into the air and leaving without him. ?We can go eat sushi in Tokyo
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every night until it gets boring. We can do whatever you want,
Helen. When you?re a better flier.?
?We really can, can?t we?? she asked breathlessly, noticing the
fact that they had both used the word ?we.? Then a less-pleasing
thought occurred to her. ?You?ve been doing this for a while now,
haven?t you? Running off to other continents when you had a few
hours to kill.?
?Yes, I have.?
?But always alone??
?We can carry people short distances when we fly if we have to,
but it?s unbelievably exhausting to tamper with other people?s
gravity. You?d be better off just walking there.?
He was attempting to sound lighthearted about it, but his face
was turned down. Helen looked at him sideways, trying to figure
out what it must be like to know that you could go to the Louvre
and see the Mona Lisa instead of just looking at a picture of it in a
book, but you?d have to go there by yourself. It must have been so
lonely for him. He?d been the only Scion who could fly for his entire
life, and that meant that he?d been isolated in a lot of
ways?until he met her.