"What is hard about a woman alone?" He asked in genuine curiosity "I know you are a weaker sex but it is not like books put up a lot of fight." True to his times he was of course a chauvinist, but research was indeed something that did not require physical skills other than when doing say a dig. Thus in his thinking a weak woman would be suited not to mention they had a better disposition for the tedious than a man.<br/><br/>"And I do need a skilled researcher to fill my interests. Have you ever considered filling the space in my service and friendship that your father once did?"