Jon's starting to get riled up. His work is being dismissed and demeaned, and that's almost worse than Lucien pressing at him for access to it. "It pops up frequently in my line of work, as well, actually." He can't quite help himself. He adjusts his glasses, lifting his chin.

"I'm making a study of the underlying magic of this place using these individual Statements and searching for connections. It's very important work." He tells himself that, anyway.