[Her smile fades some, at his question. She shouldn't be so frigid, she knows. It is part of the reason she is in her current situation, after all. Stubborn, but not entirely blind -- given enough space from the problem.]

I want for very little in life. I was happy where I was -- with what I was doing. It was important work, something I was uniquely qualified for. It is hard to imagine anything might recapture it.

[Yikes, Dany.]

I suppose ... there is something of interest. A curiosity, of a sort.

[She leans in just enough to make it clear that she does not want this information spread too far.]

Do you perhaps recall some of the animals that wander about here?