Melissa exhaled and crossed her legs, sitting in a comfortable position. What Margaret said had smashed through her pride and it had got her thinking. Her past was starting to catch up to her slowly and it was giving her a disadvantage that would be fatal if she kept on going this way.

She lacked knowledge, infinite levels of it and she didn't like that. She hated fighting a battle where she was steps behind and she'd have to rely on luck to survive. She needed to seize control of the situation and the first step was acquiring knowledge. Even though she still didn't necessarily conform to Margaret's character, she...