DAY 42: THE BOOKWORM

[forgot_it_all]

[ from here]The smell of old paper, leather and cardboard was oddly comforting. It had been too long since Ritsuka had been able to visit the patient library and since he was only able to check out one book, he usually had way too much time on his hand. Ritsuka was used to reading at least one or two books a day, so having just one for an entire

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[per_ardua]

Politely, Raine opened the door to let Reinforce in ahead of her. "It's a little lacking, but..." It was still an area full of books, and to them, that was all that mattered!

All right, it would be difficult to find any information that was even marginally useful, but she found it doubtful that there would be nothing whatsoever worth learning in here.

They may have tried to remove anything we could use, or even put in misleading information, but I think we can find out a few things.

...and if not, a day spent reading was rarely wasted time.

[1imited_edition]

Rein felt the same; she didn't expect to learn much here, but being surrounded by the high shelves of books put her at ease. If only they'd had some kind of chance to visit a proper national-level archive or the like...

She walked in ahead of Raine and took a moment to just soak in the atmosphere. It was very pleasant, indeed...

[per_ardua]

Thia time Raine went straight to the mythology section; those tended to have at least a hint of truth in them, in her experience, and it would help them figure out what was known here. "I've wondered if it would be worthwhile to ask a local their opinion on these books; all we really have to say is that we're new in town."

She knew a little something about taking advantage of a situation, and it wasn't remotely above her dignity to do so.

[1imited_edition]

"To find out whether they find the selection limited as well?" Rein asked, following after her. She hadn't been here before, so she had no idea whether the townsfolk were the same as the nurses. What would they say if asked for a history...? The lack of any information on that topic hadn't escaped her notice.

She was curious about how much could be inferred on that topic from the nonfiction books. Invariably reference material would contain some level of historical background.

[per_ardua]

"And what they think of the content in what is here." Was it all irrelevant to even most literature studies today, or as a whole it addressed relatively current topics? There was no way of knowing that without asking someone, and the bookstore owner should be fairly knowledgeable.

Raine still responded promptly to comments, but she was beginning to sound a little distracted... they were surrounded by books and they could stay all day if they wanted. Nothing else was as important as that!

[1imited_edition]

Rein, unfortunately, wasn't sure exactly what she was getting at... but it would probably become clear when Raine started asking her questions, so she let it be for now and simply nodded.

She, too, was happy just to remain here... though sampling the food around town sounded nice too. She'd probably use both of her coupons in one day if she got the chance...

[per_ardua]

Raine just found a particularly interesting book and sat down to read; she needed to form an opinion herself before she started trying to ask around, after all.

In this mode, she didn't notice little things like time passing and/or hunger for quite a while.

[1imited_edition]

Rein followed suit, though she'd taken several... even though she lacked her former ability to absorb information directly from her environs a hint of it had remained in an ability to read with surpassing speed. She would get hungry in a while, no doubt, but for now she was content to indulge Raine in this and stay here. It suited her too, after all.