"While we work and you go to school," Tyson said as they pulled up to his house in a taxi. "We'll spend some time apart, and I'd like you to do a few things in that time." "Master?" Nina asked, quietly, while he opened the door and she slid out of the back seat. "Starting with our relationship," he said, smiling softly at her. "We haven't done much this last while. I want you to think of some things you'd like to do or try, more or less of what we were doing previously, and maybe do some research on new things you don't know about." "Oh, okay. I have to be away from you to do that?" "I'd prefer it. This way you can think about it on your own, without my hearing your reasons or your struggling to decide on things. If you have something you need to talk to me about, you can call me." "O

