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[clear_eyed_lady]

The door simply opens and shuts, letting a young woman, primly dressed, enter. The business jacket and modest skirt are both navy blue, with a school crest blazoned on the lapel. Her hair is pulled back into a neat twist- but no, no glasses. The lady can see well enough without any such thing, thank you

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[uquars_gadget]

At the Bar she gets glanced at by a fifteen year old girl woman with her hair braided tightly back--then a second, longer look is given to the book in her hands.

Helen curls her right hand around her coffee pot (her left still left at her side).

"What book is that?" she asks, when the woman is close enough to speak to.

[clear_eyed_lady]

"One that I borrowed from a friend, here." Carefully, Athena opens the book so that Helen can see the title page, as the gilt letters on the spine have faded into obscurity.

"We tend to lend things back and forth, but it was high time I returned this."

[uquars_gadget]

"You do not have a Bounds that goes here? A consistent door, I mean."

[clear_eyed_lady]

"I do have a consisten door here, yes." She shuts the book, and places it carefully on the bar.

"However, there were more pressing concerns to deal with, before I could take the notes I wished, and thus return the book." Athena turns back to Helen.

"Thankfully, we've never set any particular deadlines for when items need to be returned."

[uquars_gadget]

"Ah," Helen says, after a moment. "I would have assumed military strategy tomes would be missed, usually. But likely they have got copies."

[clear_eyed_lady]

"He has a few other editions of it, as to I. But there were some changes made to the later editions, from the original. The differences is what I took notes on- particularly since I've not had any luck in obtaining a first edition copy for myself." A rueful shake of her head.

[uquars_gadget]

"Ah," says Helen. "We keep our information in scrolls, but the acolytes do not change things when they copy them down."

That would be heresy.

[clear_eyed_lady]

Her lips twitch, but Athena nods in agreement. "However, publishers are usually more concerned with profit. Accuracy comes second. But that is their business, and you cannot fault someone for doing what they can to provide for themselves."

"... At least as long as there is still access to the original material." She raises an eyebrow, looking back at the book, lost in thought for a moment.

[uquars_gadget]

...

Helen could fault them for doing what the could to provide for themselves. This might be obvious from her snort.

"Are you a general?"

[clear_eyed_lady]

Athena blinks, then gives Helen an amused glance. "No. But I'm a teacher at a military academy, so there is at least the hope that I'll be teaching future generals."