"Yes." Her laugh is low and quiet. "I have never visited, but I know about it." She learned about it through her studies and saw many pictures. It is famous for its Celtic art and pictographs, carved stonework, art and manuscripts found in monasteries and later, its painting and architecture. "I think it is very cold in Scotland in the winter. A lot like where I'm from, only more so."

Her sip of tea gives time to think about what Sallie has just told her. "So the outside -- if it has been modeled -- didn't always look as it does today?" That's the logical conclusion to draw. And if it didn't always look this way, then it looked like something else before. "Do you know how it was made?"