But he had made progress. He could make the bolt curve towards a target even if his aim was a little off, and he had managed to make a flawless piercer yesterday. Progress!
“You’re pretty good at this stuff,” Ibery remarked beside him, putting a book on the shelf. “I’m surprised. Usually it takes a while for people to really understand the system we use here. I guess you worked in a library before, huh?”
“Uh, yeah,” agreed Zorian. It was technically true. “It was… quite similar to this one in organization.”
“It’s not really surprising,” Kirithishli said behind him, causing him to flinch in surprise. “All state libraries use the same system of organization. It’s a standard enforced by the Society of Librarians. Hell, even the systems of other Splinter Nations are pretty similar.”
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