He could feel something...her own magic perhaps, brush over him, and saw the fluctuation of her ki. He narrowed his eyes a little further. "It's not really an age gap, he's thirty something, and my age is hard to gauge physically, but I'm about 500 years old mentally." He shrugged again.

"As for the books, you know, you could just ask instead of trying to influence me. It'll get you a lot further in this place, especially when everyone is one high alert with people like her," he jerked his thumb in Apos' direction, "around." Though his tone was kind, he really didn't appreciate being manipulated.

She was pretty sure, and Kuronue liked pretty things, but he wasn't an idiot. He didn't live as long he did for falling for cheap tricks and pretty faces.