"Ah, yes, I understand," she said with a slight incline of her head. "My appreciation for the explanation."

There were several times when her foot got a little heavy on the gas pedal, but she managed to pull it back, though whether that extra gas was due to temper, a desire to try something before reminding herself that she was following directions, or simply a natural inclination for speed was anybody's guess.

But they rolled and the cones approached and Liliana stomped on the brakes, hard, bringing them up short with a painful rock. Look, that was all the practice she'd gotten in with brakes in her first lesson. "Hmm."