[ a sardonic smile comes and goes on her face while she goes through the books and keeps the ones she finds interesting.

(hm. a lot of them, upon quick inspection, focus on economics and medicine.) ]

I'm a politician back where I'm from. Dark rituals are, more or less, a requirement if you want to get ahead in that line of work. [ from the humour in her voice, faint as it is, makes it clear she's joking.

possibly. maybe. the bureau has dragged some very strange individuals into is field. ]