"At the moment, I've been looking into the way this city works. It might help us find out why we're being brought here, or how to return home."

Of course, most of the materials in the library didn't mention the topic, and Zexion know more than he was ever going to let on about it as long as he wore the face he was wearing, but it was a good cover topic. The fact that 'Ian' had been around the city for quite some time didn't hurt either - he knew the details of some of the smaller things in the city, things that many might miss.

Bits and pieces, really, but bits and pieces that were slowly being pulled together to form a cohesive whole.