"Slowing down means it comes back," Adrian reminded her plaintively. He refused to take anything that would get rid of it permanently, the way Lissa did, because he needed Spirit for his art and to make sure that Jill and Sydney and everyone else was safe. What if Sydney was injured and she needed him to heal her? What if she was far away and he could only reach her in his dreams.

"Hey, do you think it's night in Ancient Rome yet? We could go. You and me, right now?"