[ Link... it isn't a name Cisco recognizes, but that doesn't necessarily mean he's never met the guy. There are plenty of people in this place he knows by sight alone. He thinks that Zelda looks a bit troubled as she's talking about him, but he figures that's probably none of his business. ]

Hey, even 'some magic' is way more magic than I got. [ He gives a little shrug, smiling as he explains: ] The world I come from doesn't have magic. Like, at all. Took me a long time for me to get used it being real, after I showed up here.

[ Cisco doesn't doubt that Zelda's right about why she was hired there, but he somehow doubts they would have let her in if she didn't have any magic at all. Despite being friends with a few of the people working there, he's developed some slightly grim feelings towards the Gramarye, after some of the stunts they've pulled. But they're not a monolith. ]

By research, you mean the stuff you were talking about, right? Archaeology and artifacts and all that?