"Oh," Clarisse says, realization landing. Oh, right, people read books. Some people love to read books. She can think of few things that would be more frustrating than staying cooped up on this little island and struggling her way through the collection in the library, but obviously not everybody feels that way.

Weird.

"I haven't read any books here and I haven't made a fool of myself in Kirkwall." It's not defensive, exactly, but it could shift that way.