[ setting aside her own books, lorem takes the offered tome and gives it a quick inspection.

it isn't long before she's formed a few opinions on this. she looks back at the man, eyebrows raised in almost-amusement. ]

For one thing- I wouldn't be caught dead trying to use this one. [ she raps her knuckles across the cover to emphasise her point. ] It's clearly for beginners. Much too obvious in its design and structure. Probably wouldn't offer me a lot besides the basics and how-tos of forming dark cults or how to join it.

If you really want to get into the occults, you want to find something more subtle, more innocuous in appearance. Those are the ones the creators don't want just anyone to find it. Only those they consider worthy enough or near their levels. Those hold better things if you're going down this path.

[ lorem- what the heck? ]