[As off-putting as everything else going on in their general environment is, Evelyn brightens with a remarkable kind of incandescence when the subject is slanted toward her field.]

I'm an Egyptologist, yes. It was - is - my first official expedition, a-at least...the first one I've funded myself.

[There's only so much one can do when denied the opportunity to gain field work experience with other archaeologists.]

I specialise in ancient languages.