Four weeks later, Adrien received a response to his letter written in a fine, elegant handwriting; it was a long letter of heartfelt, enthusiastic praise that made him feel somewhat ashamed that he had written to Valerion as his last choice. In any case, it was a yes. The two weeks of preparation for the trip were filled with excitement, but also with the doubts and fears that accompany such great changes. In that time, Adrien thought that he had gone through every possible worry that the human mind can experience. Through this mist, Adrien kept cheering himself up with two thoughts: that, at least in his letter, his future mentor sounded like a pleasant and cordial person; and that, if this endeavor were to fail as well, he always had a home to return to and start over again.