"Well obviously I’m a child, I’m only eight. Did you forget? You were supposed to be good at maths – that’s what the book said. I really wanted a friend who’s good at maths, and the book said you loved geometry and liberal sciences. Which apparently covers a lot of things I didn’t think were sciences, and it’s a lot like liberal arts and just means learning a whole range of things including grammar, maths, geometry, astronomy, and music. Do you like music? I play the violin. Do you want to be friends?"