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"Library, library, library," I muttered, searching my map for any sort of archive. I hadn’t seen one during my stay at the Academy, but there had to be one. And if I was going to travel to the Veil on my own, I needed to inform myself as best as I could. "Lava fountain, ice lake, storage, storage, storage."
"What are you mumbling about?" Ryoko asked, not even bothering to turn away from whatever she was doing. I didn't know. She hadn't looked at me for a couple of days now. The only responses I got out of her were purely functional and downright cold.
I ignored the twinge of hurt in my chest and perked up. "I'm trying to find a library of some kind."
"There's one on the second floor."
"Really?"
"Hmm-hmmm." Without dignifying another reply, she reached for a set of earphones and pu
