The Tailor was very quiet. Then, "I suppose the implications are heavy, yes." Transgression, and learning to write the language of the natural laws. (They had been witness to a Law being written, once. They hadn't really understood what they were doing, even after falling into Parabola for the first time.) If one knew the language, could one--

Surely not. It couldn't be so easy to change the state of the world. They shrugged it away. It was the matter of secrets that intrigued them more. To know things that were meant to be kept in the dark, now that enticed them.

"I should thank you for being so generous today. We haven't had much opportunity to speak before this in the few classes I've attended--I regret that. As I said, academia is not my strongest area. I..." This next part was said with a heavy helping of obvious unwillingness. "I may request assistance in areas that might seem baseline. Could I ask for your discretion if so?"