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slowly.
    “For a while, several years probably.” Kevin paused. “When I brought you home from Shadron’s you said you needed to leave Walnut Springs so Colin could gain some experience and confidence. Well, this is your chance.”
    Warren frowned. “I think I said that my being there was undermining him.”
    Kevin shrugged. “Same idea.”
    “I don’t know how Torrey will feel about this. She has some close friends there and I’m not sure I’m willing to ask her to leave them.”
    “She won’t have to, not completely. She can go back to visit anytime she wants to. If you want me to, I’ll find someone to live in your house, keep it clean and have it ready for her to drop in for a day or two, or for a week, on a moment’s notice. She can go home as often as she likes.”
    “Where would we be living? Here?”
    “Not at first. For the first few months you’d be staying in a little valley tucked away in the mountains of Nandelia, but after that, you’d be here.”
    Warren hesitated. “Before I can give you an answer, I need to talk to Torrey, and she needs to see both places. Can you take us?”
    “Sure. When do you want to go? Right now?”
    Warren nodded.
    “All right. I can show you where you’d be staying in Rainbow Valley, but it’ll be dark there right now.”
    “That’s all right. I just want her to see what she’s getting into. Let’s go get her and then, after she sees both places, we’ll talk.” Warren stood up.
    “There is one other thing I guess I should tell you,” Kevin said as he stood up. “You know I have someone else working with her on gathering energy, right?”
    Warren nodded. “You don’t have to gather it, so you don’t know how to do it. You can’t teach what you don’t understand.”
    “Right. Anyway, her current teacher wants to talk to you about what she can and can’t do at this point and then have the two of you work together for a while as she starts using what she’s gathered. It won’t be for long, probably a few months, but that’s why you’ll need to stay in Rainbow Valley for a while.”
    “I don’t have a problem with that. Sounds like a good plan to me.”
    “Would it change your mind if you knew the person working with her right now isn’t human?”
    Warren frowned. “Who else has to gather energy?”
    “Well, he doesn’t have to gather it. He just knows how it’s done. It’s Glendymere.”
    Warren sat back down. “Glendymere? The dragon?”
    Kevin nodded.
    “You want me to meet with Glendymere and work out a training plan with him?”
    Again Kevin nodded.
    A slow smile spread across Warren’s face. “I get to talk to Glendymere? And work with him? Glendymere? Grandfather of the dragons?”
    “Well, that’s what he says, but I don’t see how he can be the grandfather of them all.”
    Warren shook his head. “Doesn’t matter. That’s what they call him. I’ve always wanted to meet him.” He stood back up. “I’ve got to tell Torrey about this.” Then he asked, “Can she meet him, too?”
    Kevin grinned. “I’m sure that can be arranged. And you’ll meet the family of giants who attend him.”
    “Giants, too?” Warren rubbed his hands together. “I can’t wait. Let’s go get Torrey. She’s going to love this!”
    ~ ~ ~ ~
    Two hours later, Warren, Torrey, and Kevin were back in Torrey’s kitchen in Walnut Springs. They’d toured the caves in Rainbow Valley and inspected the cave system they’d be living in on the island. Torrey was fine with both as long as Kevin promised to bring her back home whenever she needed to pick something up or was getting lonely.
    “So when do we go?” Warren asked as they settled around the kitchen table with more coffee and cake.
    “I’m not sure, but soon. First I need to make arrangements for you to talk to Glendymere and see when he wants you to start working with her,” Kevin answered. “I’d like to take you out there a couple of days before you start so you can get settled,