"It's been a while since I've seen English written along a book's spine..." remarked Will, entering the first floor's library and finding Andrika sitting at a desk reading a large, red-backed book. It also had its title written in English, but the books he was referring to were the disparate texts lining the antiquated, double-faced bookshelves populating the ten-by-twenty-meter room. Some were millennia old, but you couldn't tell at a glance due to the powerful preservation magic that had been cast on them.
Raising her gaze from her book, a notably tired smile adorned Andrika's face as she expressed, "I'm sorry that I wasn't there to welcome you the moment you returned. And once we get back, I'll be sure to apologize to Ohta and Madeen for my behavior. I just...couldn't be in the same room as her after everything I experienced..."
