From the way she'd been talking to the copier when he'd come out of his office, he believed her. Disturbingly believed her. And that couldn't be healthy, loving machines that way.
Yes, yes, this was a bit hypocritical coming from a man who was married to a girl 13 years his junior and subscribed to almost every pain and bondage kink that existed. He was a jaded old bastard. This was a little girl.
"What do they look like in the States?" he quipped back. "And I wouldn't know. This is the first time I've been a librarian. I'm a historian, actually."