"Oh, that's nice," said Meruin, inching a bit closer to him. "Do you mind if I try to read it? It's been awhile since I've tried to read up on elemental mastery. I mostly focus on Rune Work."

Technically not lying. She really hasn't read up on elemental magic in a long while . . . but that was because she's damn well read near _all_ the books related to the subject.