"Sometimes, but usually it's more places like this. Old, but still a part of history and what happened." There was something about living in the past, or just in the pages of a book that appealed to Hazel. There you had control, knew just what would happen in the future, and you could shut it out by closing the cover if you didn't like it. Other things, real world things, were messy and left you crumpled up with no motivation to do anything anymore. But she figured that she'd spent enough time feeling sorry for herself to realize that it really wasn't like her. And so she'd pushed it to the back of her mind, buried underneath the excitement of being in Verona and being able to do whatever she wanted. Giving a quiet laugh she grinned, "I guess I am, I've just never liked fitting a mold. Maybe that's where it started." She glanced away from the ceiling for a second to look at Caden. Contemplating him lightheartedly. "Trying? Or succeeding?"
That was the most he'd spoken to her this whole time, and she wondered if there were many whom he'd say something like that to. There was no act behind the words, just plain admiration and respect. She thought for a moment that he looked younger like that, nothing weighing him down. Not that she would question it, it wasn't her place and she didn't think he'd appreciate it if she did. Rather, she was just grateful she'd gotten a glimpse of what seemed to lie behind the act. For whatever reason. Finally she broke through the silence, her voice sounding a bit distant to her ears. "It's like that with books too, you know. Good ones at least. They pass on stories of people and places, just like buildings." At his question she brightened up, this was more lighthearted, something easy to talk about. Not necessarily true, but entertaining nonetheless. "Maybe it was once a safe house, for people who were wrongfully convicted. The builders, relatives trying to watch out for them by building tunnels underneath the city through which they could escape. But one day they dug too close to the river, flooding the tunnels and making the building useless except for those in need of shelter." There was nothing gooey and romantic in her story, although she supposed she could have added that, but Caden didn't seem to be the sort of guy who'd appreciate it.