Verity's instincts were to lie, but there was a green woman hanging out here with no one seeming the warier and alcohol was coming out of the taps. If this place wasn't safe to be open about cryptozoology, nowhere was.

"My job," she admitted. "I'm a cryptozoologist and my family heard about the teal dear and the alots on the island. I'm here learning more about those species and keeping an eye on the cryptids in Baltimore for the next year."