The odd thing, my dear," said her father, "is that once one has ceased trying to protect self, one finds one's self in a very comfortable position. " "Where?" asked Kale "In Wulder's care.
There is also an awakening to beauty, because when you're really young you don't have that concept or opinion in place, so you make your own discoveries. It's different now with technology, and the constant bombardment of images.