Though Torie was listening to what he was saying, she was also paying attention to what was between the words. He obviously cared a great deal about his family, including his sisters. Progress for something more than just progress was admirable. She was charmed by the ideas. "I'd take some reading recommendations, when you've the time." Torie might get into trouble for it, if her mother saw her reading something too progressive, and she wasn't about to turn into a radical, but Torie supposed there was no harm in learning about it.

She eyed the clock on the wall casually, only a few more minutes. Gently she toyed with the silk ribbon holding her braid tied together. She was going to have to very subtly leave it behind somehow, but was still working through that.