"Tell you what," Penny said as she leaned over and gave her friends hand a squeeze. "When its all over, I'll come out and visit you there. I've never seen one of those creaturs up close and Romania has an incredibly rich history of wards."
She grinned at the description of Percy, and by extension herself. "I'm nothing compared to Percy. I throw myself into work but he just lets himself become saturated in it."
The drinks arrived and she leaned forward to pick up one of the sachets of sugar before adding it to her tea. "I do work hard, but as you said it doesn't feel like working. Its- incredible. I can hardly believe I'm paid to do all this research and take apart charms and wards." She was confident that they weren't being listened in on - the other couples in the place were engrossed in each other and the server was flicking through a copy of 'Tarot Today'.