"Oh - just Duncan, please," Duncan said as the waiter approached to take their orders.

"As for me - I'm a historian. I study places that have a past. This one used to be consecrated to someting... I'm studying it. But I'm sure you're not interested in those details. What about you?"

He returned her smile with one of his own. "I gathered you didn't plan on stopping here, but what brought you to the area?"