Libraries were a safe haven, or at least they had been. After a portal had taken her to Pylea while she'd been reshelving books, she was a little more leary of the stacks but still regarded them with the highest respect. Here there was a book on just about anything, answers waiting to be given and knowledge to be absorbed. Today, it was curiosity that led her to the library.
With the streak of disappearences lately, she wanted to look back into what she had when she first arrived. It was obviously mystical, with both the Powers That Be and the Senior Partners involved, but there had to be a science to it as well. Science and spells seemed to go hand in hand, even if science didn't play an extrordinarly large part in it.
After searching the card catalogue, she found herself at the shelf but not finding the book she'd wanted there. As she moved on to find the next row, a stack on a nearby table caught her attention and there was the book, unopened. She hesitated before slowly approaching the man sitting behind the table. "Excuse me?" she asked softly. "Would you mind if I borrowed one of your books to make a copy of a few pages?"