Angel watches the girl close and reopen the book, and the results make her frown. It's not really a bad thing, and it mostly eliminates one of the possibilities, but by doing so it tells her that the more complicated possibility is the one more likely to be true.

"I will," she says, eager to learn more about the plants the book describes. She carefully slides the book back into her hands. "Perhaps I should do that now, so I don't close it by accident. I can read its contents to you if you like, but I won't try to keep you if you've tired of all these books, or if you have your own search to continue."