Realisation
"What?"
Eve was just as surprised as I would expect her to be if my question was anything else than just offhand murmur. No matter how grand and complicated my plans for the future was, so far they all relied on the notion of joining one of the sects and using its resources to my advantage.
With the thoughts that suddenly started to plague me, I couldn't help but revaluate all my plans.
"Ah, sorry bout that. Just a lingering thought."
So far, I prefer to figure something out by myself before bringing the topic in front of Eve. This time, however, I just as confused about the future as Eve could be about the question.
"Sorry, love. You know I didn't mean anything by that. You just… surprised me!"
Well, considering how novel this approach was even to me, I didn't want to think how ground shaking just sole thought of ignoring the sects in one's growth would be to Eve who was born in this world and could live only according to its common sense.