John wasn't sure if her interest was genuine or not, and suspected it wasn't, given his experiences with his peers, but he nodded anyway. At least she wasn't being rude. Her smile was very pretty, John decided with a lingering glance at her again. "I'll tell you how it ends," he joked lightly.
With the books scattered on the floor and the librarian shooting them a cold warning look, John winced at Olivia's loud exclamation. He felt everyone's eyes in the library on him as they both crouched to pick up the books. "It's okay, I got it," he mumbled too quietly to really be heard. John appreciated that she didn't laugh, and dared to steal another glance at her. "I work with plants a lot with my magic. I'm a healer," he explained. "What do you do?"