[hundreds of years. she stills for a second, and then a determined resolve comes into her eyes, something like steel - the look of someone who cannot be denied.]

Then it's even more critical I use my spare time wisely. Without patients at hand, I have that freedom to catch up, and I must, swift as I can. If there are books you'd recommend, then there's a starting place, otherwise it's whatever you and the more established members can see to instruct in.