There it was, that phone again, the same kind Emilia had shown her! It fascinated Yuyan still. She peered at the woman in the picture--yes, there it was, the same red hair and sharp features. "That is her!" Which meant that this Gina was probably the one Ivy had been talking about. "You're Ivy's...wife, right?" Women marrying each other wasn't really heard of, where she was from, and in Ivy's world, frowned upon, but really, they seemed like such nice people. "Ivy had a lot of nice things to say about you."

"Oh, going to school without having to pay sounds very nice," Yuyan said. "I have to do chores and help at my mother's restaurant and train. Do you have time for that too? But why would college cost so much money? Is it for people who want to take imperial exams and work in government?"