Kieran grinned, as if to indicate just how elusive he was. (Her research subjects were more difficult than his, but that wasn't the point.) And of course she had the research elements — that didn't surprise him at all, she was always asking questions in letters, and Kieran suspected that he was probably better friends with her than some of her other subjects, so perhaps she got bogged down in fluff less often than the others.

Narrative was a journalist's strong suit; he grinned over his mug after taking a sip. "And what kind of narrative are you after?" he asked; oh, you couldn't exactly cherry-pick, but you could go in with an idea. He was sure that research was at least a little similar there.

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