Our instructors chose our tracts for us, according to our aptitude.

[Maketh wanted to be an archivist when she was younger, but a different path had been chosen. Back then she trusted in the wisdom of the Emperor. She watches Chris, curious again about his world. It seems very strange to her. Very different from the Empire.]

Perhaps. Though you'll find that mastery in one field tends to shift better than you might imagine into another.

[She leans back.] You could make programs here, couldn't you?