Why would a man want to learn so much? Sydney couldn’t quite believe the man had asked that question. Of course he knew there were people for whom learning was not life, but he wasn’t a Pretender. He couldn’t imagine being such a person. To learn was to live. It was what he lived for.

            He had taught Jarod the same thing. Jarod had a thirst for learning Sydney had never seen in anyone but himself. And as Jarod said, now he could read any books he wanted to. Learn anything he wanted to. Sydney envied him his new world.