[ It's enough to stir a strange hunger in Algric. He's never felt it before? Not quite like this, anyway. The urge to go out for a walk alone, perhaps. Or just ... maybe find someone on their own, and just lure them into -

Oh god. What - what was he just thinking? He has to swallow, thickly, and force himself to focus. They're having a nice conversation, damn it. ]

R-right? And - and I thought I could get that whole series of books and read them to her. So she's the star of her own adventure, you know?