It's not like Verity knows how to have normal friendships. Whatever strange debtor and creditor/boss and employee/mentor and student friendship thing is working for them and she generally tries not to think about what'll happen when that stops being true.

Ver makes a little sound when the embrace tightens, one that means something between 'thank you' and 'don't stop'. "Ah, stories. Yes. That's good, and Schön'll like that. The first part of the museum we're likely to open will need stories. Schön's got this gorgeous mansion he owns, and it's mostly empty, so I thought what if we decorated each room like it was from a different era? With furniture and paintings and books and everything. Think that's something you could help with?"