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Gia hauled another book off the shelf and sneezed at the dust that followed it. Ever since Logan confirmed that the weapon involved in the Maitland case was indeed Feng Po Po’s staff, she had been pulling all the records she could find on that famed Elemental.
“Noomi,” she called out. “Did you find that index?”
The head historian had returned to the archive complex a short while ago. The rest of her staff had as well, but they were staying out of Gia’s way, letting Noomi be the one to interact with her.
Gia liked to think she was friendly and approachable, but the head archivist appeared to be the only one comfortable looking her in the eye. Trying to be respectful of the staff’s sensibilities, Gia let the others go about their business, but occasionally, Noomi drafted one of them t
