Morrigan was always town, in situations like this — should she reveal enough about her interests, and people might guess. But if she didn't reveal her interests, then she had to play dumb, and that was nearly as frustrating. She did not have the same dilemmas as Drusilla did — Morrigan did not have a desire to live a somewhat-normal society life — or even Lucien — who hated them. But that didn't mean she wanted people to know she was cursed, either.

"I'm a research librarian," Morrigan said, as if it were the most obvious answer in the world. She decided to take his response as an invitation, and sat down in the chair across from him. "You're researching?"