The joking aside, she watched him as he walked over to the bookshelf. When he read to her, her eyes widened and tears escaped her without her notice. When she was done her gazed traveled slowly down to the floor. Glancing over at the chair she had just gotten up from, she quietly walked over and sat right back down. She layed both her hands on the table infront of her and looked at them for a time before intertwining them and layed her head atop them. "Thank you" she said quietly. 

"May I see that book? and the heirarchy that you mentioned?"