So together we ran to the car park, and once in the car continued our conversation from before, it was almost like talking to one of my friends. The d...ive didn't seem to take very long, as she pulled up in front of a fairly small modern house, announcing that we'd arrived. I followed her inside, noticing how clean and tidy and uncluttered it was compared to our house, just a few pictures and photos on the walls with one or two ornaments, as she led me into the living room and invited me to sit. “There’s a reason for that,” she went on. “Most women have their first time as a teenager, and it’s usually with a teenage guy, and often he’s a virgin too.” She took a sip of coffee while she assembled the speech in her head. “Here’s the thing: teenage guys are the worst lovers in the world, and virgins are even worse. Put them together …?” she made a mock explosion gesture with her hands. ”They don’t know where anything is, they don’t know what you want, they can last longer than about thirty. ‘It is difficult to know, when there is no true beginning. All life is a circle, as is our world, and the paths of the sun and moon. They rise, they fall, we live, we die, and then it all starts again. Matter and energy are conserved, as are souls and consciousness. The plant and animal people know this well, and accept it without question. We humans, perhaps, are not so wise.’ He stirred the pot with a twig. ‘Philosophers have debated the meaning and mechanism of this since the earliest. Alistair wiped them with the thumb of his free hand, smiling encouragement at me. "It's going to be fine. I swear it."Finally Mother Hannah cleared her throat and clapped her hands, motioning for everyone to have a seat."Do you still wish to proceed?" she asked Alistair and me, voice pitched low so as not to carry through the Chantry. Only Leli and Aedan would have been close enough to hear.We both nodded without hesitation, and so she picked up as well as she could from where we left off. We.