Floor 1 Room 4

[dyingtohealyou]

Ahito

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[impacter]

I think that's pretty standard.

Without knowing more about the spirits and their expectations, we'll have to be reliant on trial and error. Just because the rules aren't written in blood somewhere doesn't mean it has to stay a mystery.

[dyingtohealyou]

The sage wasn't much help, and neither was his pipsqueak assistant. Hitting the books might really be the only option after all.

[He sounds... SO thrilled.]

[impacter]

What a scathing assessment.

Are you aware of what can be found in the library, Ahito? It really is quite large.

[dyingtohealyou]

There's only one way to find out, right? Unless you've got information to offer.

[impacter]

I have some, but I wouldn't want to rob you of your own discoveries, especially if you're looking forward to it.

[dyingtohealyou]

Who said anything about looking forward to it?

[Give him the deets grandpa!!]

[impacter]

[Denied!]

You have to look forward to something to keep yourself moving forward, even if it's just getting some answers. Wouldn't you agree?

I can walk you over if you're that discouraged.

[dyingtohealyou]

No thanks, I don't need an audience to do a little research.

[impacter]

Who said you'd have an audience? Maybe we just have the same goal right now. A little teamwork never hurt for mutual benefit.

[dyingtohealyou]

You didn't already check it out yourself?

[impacter]

I have. The collection is massive. Unless I can come up with another spell to read books just by touching the cover, there's no possible way to get through them in just a single visit.

[dyingtohealyou]

[Mmmmmmmmmmmgh...

He doesn't look thrilled, but:]

Fine. A second pair of eyes is better than one.

[Or whatever his eyesight counts as, being practically half blind and all.

To the library!]

[impacter]

That's the spirit.

[Away they go! At the very least, if his body language is anything to go by as they walk, Solomon's fine with treating Ahiro like a possible peer rather than a child. Mostly.]

Are you fluent in more than one language? The material is pretty varied.

[dyingtohealyou]

[...He honestly did not even think about other languages up until now.]

Only my country's. What languages are used for the books?

[impacter]

Mmm... there's a lot of them in Japanese. Quite a few in romantic languages, some in semetic... Sanskrit, Chinese, Russian... and those are just the ones I skimmed.

[dyingtohealyou]

...

[Uhhhh.]

...I've never heard of any of those languages.

[impacter]

Oh dear...

Maybe we'll have to come up with a translation spell sooner rather than later.

[dyingtohealyou]

Are they all from your world?

[impacter]

All the ones I listed are ones I'm familiar with from my world, yes. Some more than others.

[dyingtohealyou]

So it's not even guaranteed I'll be able to understand most of it.

[Cool. Love that.]

[impacter]

Not guaranteed, no. But persistence finds a way.

What's with the gloomy face? It's going to be just fine!

[dyingtohealyou]

I have a hard time accepting that if it turns out I can't understand any of our reference materials!

[impacter]

Easy, easy. You're worrying when we haven't even started to try!

If you don't believe you can do it, your magic isn't going to help. You need to commit to what you want.

[dyingtohealyou]

I don't even want to be here in the first place.

[Easy to mistake as mere complaining, but-

there's a bit of a raw edge in there, too.]

[impacter]

...

I don't think any of us do, Ahiro.

[It stays gentle. He can hear that tinge of something beyond teenage frustration.]

Are you concerned that studying magic will give you more reasons to be unimpressed with it?