That makes the two of us, doesn't it? It just so happens that those topics happen to coincide with what I take an interest in personally, too. I'm sure there are those who'd take issue over what I'd choose to read as vacation material all the same, but it is what it is.

[ Elysium stretches out, as if basking in the weather. It's hot, but the ocean breeze makes it plenty tolerable—more than, he'd argue. ]

I told you before, right? That I'm a communications and fieldwork specialist. Pertinent, I tend to get my hands on all sorts of field and wildlife guides before I put together something of my own. Aside from that… chess guides?

[ … said with something of a flash in his eyes! ]