He ignores her, continuing to whisper spells under his breath as he makes his way to the table. Esme opens up the first book on dark magic in the hope to find any sort of information that will assist in discovering what he's hiding. She's starting at a low point, with no previous knowledge or the slightest clue of what she needs to find. But dark magic seems like the most reasonable choice at the moment, and she hopes that there will be some sort of sign.