She cocked her head to the side. "I can read it to you," she said quietly. "He taught most of the people around here to read." It was true: most of the humans in his house had been taught by Tehvar himself. Most demons didn't like their humans knowing how to exchange information, so kept them ignorant. Tehvar, however, liked his servants intelligent and learned. Unlike other demons, he enjoyed holding down conversations with them more than tormenting them. Some of his humans he'd gotten as children: there were two in the house who were no older than ten. Others he'd gotten at young ages, teaching them, or having Cook teach them if he didn't have enough time. Cook was most definitely his second hand man.