"Oh, you'd be surprised," said Amaya, amiacably, with a little glance around the room. "They're mighty resourceful, those kids. I think I told you at some point, they helped built this place you're sitting in right now. And I had at least one student who was a farmer; I'd have trusted him with any of those kinds of tasks easily enough...

"And now," she added, with a glance toward the plants in the window overlooking Unicorn Street, "you've got me wondering if maybe I should teach a course on gardening one of these semesters. Not exactly farming, and definitely not my usual line of lessons, but it could be a bit interesting, get a little more horticultural appreciation around here!"