Calliope is pleased as punch to have successfully offered him something equally thrilling and smiles broadly at his reaction, blanket slipping back a little further. His origin story sounds a little confusing, but perhaps he is simply under a slight misapprehension, or maybe Ancients is what trolls are called in his culture, and then he brings up something far more captivating anyway.

"Oh I wish," she exclaims emphatically. "What an amazing opportunity that would be, to see just how much of my fanciful speculations measure up to actual fact. And to have all those enigmas and maddening gaps strewn about their tale solved once and for all! Alas, all I ever had access to were the written records of a magnificent scholar." She pitches forward further, as though imparting a great trade secret. "But I have been getting to do just so much hands-on research on humans since I woke up in this city!"