But I want to go somewhere so few people have ever gone that you could name them all—and when people do name them, I want them to name me.” “I understand that,” Joan said. “I understand that completely.” Vanessa looked at her, her gaze intense. “You do?” “Absolutely. To do something so few people have ever done? No one will ever be able to take that away from us. If we do it, if we leave the planet, we will carry that with us into every room we enter for the rest of our lives.”

