"All the children your age have to go to school?" she asked, a tone of surprise in her voice. It certainly wasn't required where she came from....especially for young women. Either you worked or married well, and for the most part it was marry well. She liked the idea of educating people better. It had certainly helped her, but then again she wasn't really the norm in her world, and most women didn't know much about anything other than the frivolous hobbies that were acceptable for them.
"What type of Science?" she asked, eagerly. "I know my fair share about geology and a little about chemistry.....the latter thanks to a friend of mine" she admitted, her thoughts turning to Challenger and knowing that he would be fascinated by this turn of events if he were there.
"And honestly History was never my favorite either" she admitted. "It seemed so trivial, but then again knowing history can sometimes help you in the field. I find certain points in history fascinating and I find that going to the places where historical events happened made them seem more real for me and easier to remember".
She watched in awe as he showed off his powers and a small smile appeared on her face. "Well it seems you are very talented indeed, young sir" she added, with a slight nod of her head to emphasize her point. "My skills are slightly different" she added as she stepped back from him, and removed her whip from her waist at the same time. She turned to face a tree and swung her whip over her head, slashing it forward, knocking off only one leaf...the one she had been aiming for. The other leaves remained intact and barely tussled.
"There's that, fencing, linguistics, medicine and I am a fairly decent shot with a pistol or a rifle" she admitted, a hint of pride in her voice. " A lady has to learn to survive when she's on her own".