Zoe leaned a bit to reach as the girl was writing, then took the offered book. She nodded.

"Reckon I have a lit of questions. An I wouldn't say no to finding out more about this place. I didn't really look I just sorta showed up in a room, mighta been one there, couldn't tell ya."

As for the talkin' thing, some folks did and some folks didn't. In her experience those that did tended to do it too much anyway.