That may be true, but surely some girls are set apart from others, are they not? If all were princesses, then none would be. Perhaps some prefer to be knights, or magicians, such as myself.

[She strokes the covers of the books with her fingertips.] One thing I love about poetry is that one may read the same poem a thousand times and still find something new in it on the thousandth and first reading. A twist of meaning, a turn of phrase.

Then I will do so. Once I have space enough for them, I will make some of my books. I too have never heard of so many worlds, so varied and strange. I have only known two, before arriving here.