About an hour before Liliana's class was scheduled to begin, she found him in the house and wrapped her arms about his waist. "I'm dashing off elseplane to do some very important shopping," she informed him brightly. "I had intended to leave you here so that it would be as much a surprise to you as everyone else, but considering earlier in the week, I thought that being summarily told to remain here might sit poorly with you and I'd...rather not do that."

Look at us. We're learning, we're loving, we're thriving.

"So, you can either accompany me, though with the understanding that I will answer no questions," she continued, wagging her finger at him playfully, "or you can meet me at the doors of the school at quarter to ten, which is when and where my return portal is scheduled to leave me."