Disclaimer: I'm not Lemony Snicket

Disclaimer: I'm not Lemony Snicket. Obviously. Because if I were I'd totally be writing FanFiction of my own work.

"How do you like V.F.D. so far?"

He could have kicked himself. He couldn't have sounded more desperate if he'd tried.

"Well enough," Kit said. She was flicking through a book, as always.

"So…uh…where are you from?" he shifted on his feet.

"Sin," she said.

"What?"

"We're all born in sin," she held up the book she was reading. The Bible.

"You don't actually believe all that bullshit, do you?" he couldn't keep the surprise from his voice.

"Of course not," Kit grinned, "It's bullshit,"