Sophie had been staring in a little bit of awe at the books, unable to decide what to look at first, and unsure if it was okay for her to touch things. Just as she was about to reach out for a brightly colored spine on one of the lower shelves, a man approached and started talking to her. Normally she would have immediately run back to her Daddy, but she could see exactly where he was, and she really liked books, so hopefully this man would be able to help her find one. She shrugged at the question, but before she could say anything, he was already making a suggestion, and she reached out to take the book in question eagerly.
"What, like a bug?" Sophie asked, her tone increasing a decibel or ten at the thought, which was what made Bryce turn his head for a closer look. Of course his daughter would start a conversation with someone less than five minutes after wandering off towards the books. He wasn't really surprised, because she was a social as he was and as in love with reading as her mother had been, and of course if she was going to talk to anyone, it would be whomever was also interested in the offerings of the bookshelf.
"Why would a bug write a book?" Sophie asked, looking from the cover to the man who had offered it, and then immediately added, "Are you magic? Because Daddy says that this is a magic place, but I haven't seen any of it yet."