"Know too much?" He laughed at that. "You mean like the supernatural witness protection program?" Another chuckle. "That's hilarious." But not out of the realm of possibility. The concept wasn't appealing.
However, the question about how he got cursed earned Abs a long look from him then a smile that was a little faded around the edges. "It's not too personal, and no. It wasn't me." He suddenly became very interested in finding the case for The Notebook. "My parents did. They pissed off some rival witch or something who laid a curse on their "seed"." He really hated that word. "They were killed in a car wreck when I was three. Gran said that was when the curse began."
Her offer to help being immediately retracted got Mal's attention back on her. That was weird. The blush was cute, though. His mind immediately compared it to Kat's and he almost flinched visibly for that shot to the gut that came with remembering how Kat had friendzoned him. Ugh.
"That'd be cool, thanks." He gave Abs a real smile then scanned the shelves. "Wait." He pulled down the case for The Notebook. "Ha!" Then, after opening it he deflated. "Seriously? Clueless?!" He held the disc he found up to show that yep. Decidedly not Winter Soldier.