Nita's eyebrows start going up - did they ever come down? she wonders - as she reads through the 'curses' section.

/Sometimes, yes; there's a lot more in this than it looks like, but it's never not looked like a book./ Not in her experience, anyway; Instrumentalities could get highly personal.

She looks back up at him properly, feeling sheepish for reading about him while he's in the room.

/Do you have anything like it back home, for your spells?/