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the infernal devices - tessa gray

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I must admit that the flow of visitors may be a little overwhelming, but— if there is someone from the Institute here, if only for a day or two, I should like to make my own presence known, rather than spend all day in the library.

I only ask that— [ she pauses, clearly hesitant, before her voice comes again, stronger now and quite firm ] that whoever should wish to talk to me will not be too forward.

[ it doesn't quite express what she wishes to say (please, take care not to offend my 18th century sensibilities) but it comes close enough while still remaining polite ]

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Then you must call me Tessa.

It is not a— [ pronounced carefully ] looney bin.

It's nice to meet you Tessa. So if it's not a looney bin, what is it?

Likewise.

The London Institute is where most of the Shadowhunters reside.

... Shadowhunter, huh? So you fight demons? [ sounds like a lady right up his alley ]

Oh, no. I am not one of them. They took me in.

... It's been my experience once you know things, you're one whether you want to be or not.

One cannot become a shadowhunter, except by birth.

Well that's a new one. They like to keep it in the family or do they just chant some kind of mumbo jumbo over you at birth?

Shadowhunters are the children of angels and humans.

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