The woman was not sure what to say. Since she was mostly staying alone, she was used to do things by her own. But when he said the sentence: ''And apparently you do not even want my money.'' She sighed. Not because she was angry but this young man was seeking a way to thank her of what she is doing. ''Levan. I know you want to thank me and all. But I won't ask you to do something nor asking you money. I simply help you because you are interesting. You got an adventure that, at your age, wouldn't even happen to me.''
She stopped talking a bit, taking her breath before to speak again. ''If you really want to thank me, think by yourself and do. Think about what can please me. But you know, at the end, the important is your own decision.'' As she said that, her left hand reached his right shoulder. ''You are young, but what you lived, on Pittsburgh, the incident with the Orbital Spa and Cruise and that woman who wants to hurt you... You should use these to learn what you did wrong and grow up. My father once said this: 'Mistakes can be sever or not, but if you use them to grow up, you won't make it twice.' And the portrait at the entrance, where are the stairs, it's him, my father. He raised me on his own. I never met my mother.''
She sat again on the couch, looking at Levan. She was now thinking a bit to teach him some basics in her native language. It would allow him to go everywhere he wants if he wanted to be alone or tired to be always stick with her.
