Crossed 40-140

Xander finds a way to come visit Cassia. The Officials let them go on an outing. They first go to the museum and then to the Music Hall. Cassia and Xander look around in the museum to see what they have. The guy that runs it tells them that they have next to nothing in the museum. Cassia notices a map of the Outer Provinces. She wants to find out more and how she would go about getting there. The man says he knows nothing. Cassia decides to trade him something for information. She first tries trading one of her poems, but he doesn't think it has much value. He also doesn't know for sure if it is even real, because she could just be making it up. She then thinks of something else to trade. She trades Ky's compass for information about the Outer Provinces. The man gladly takes the compass and tells her that when she gets up to leave the Music Hall, there will be something underneath her seat. Cassi, Xander, and the Officials decide to head to the Music Hall. It takes Cassia a lot of patience to not reach under her seat to see what was there. After the show is over, she reaches under and finds a slip of paper. She doesn't read it. Cassi and Xander get ten minutes to say their goodbyes. Xander informs Cassia about how he being sent near the Outer Provinces for his final work. Xander also tells Cassia how bad it hurts to be left. He tells her how he felt terrible after she chose Ky over him. He thought it was basically a slap in the face. Cassia doesn't really know what to say. She always tells Xander how she loves him to. He doesn't really believe her though. Cassia loves Ky, yet she still loves Xander and doesn't want him to leave. After he leaves, Cassia is determined to find a way to the Outer Provinces to find the guy that she fell in love with, Ky.