I was sitting next to Mr. Briar, Mom was passing out the plates, and Dad was sitting to my left, at the head of the table. Aside from the fact that there was a near complete stranger at the table with us, this was just any other normal lunch. Nothing was different or out of the ordinary. So, why was I feeling nervous?
I had to wonder if it was because I was excited to possibly learn how to be a healer like Mr. Briar, or if it was because I was scared to learn how to be a healer like him. I mean, having any job prospects was amazing. In my previous life I had no prospects in life at all. I wasn't ever going to become anything at all. I was just going to be a leech on my family and society. That was all that there had been for me, and I knew it.
Now, though, in this new world, I could actually dream. I could make plans for the future. I could do anything that I wanted. And I didn't want anything to take that away from me.
