I guess they think it's important to take history seriously.

[ Is she joking? Maybe, maybe not...She certainly believes it herself, at any rate.

The offered book is accepted with careful hands, before a gasp escapes her. How could it not, when the subject is.. ]

They told me they didn't have anything like this! [her eyes are bright, reflecting the lamp's glow, palm lightly dragging over the cover and fingers tracing the printed title] Are-- are you interested in magic?

[ I mean, she's joking about magic theory, but who knows why people research what they do? ]