"The sun is a star, actually. It is just the only one close enough to the planet to provide what we need to sustain life. It's summer... well back home it is... Otherwise I'd have my school books with me and I could share them. But Nathalie said I could take this summer off from tutors because I've...." his cheer trailed off for a moment, but then he hid the pain and pushed back to the topic. "What do you mean by the land of the spirits?"