She's actually going to leave for a bit and see if she can find paper and a writing implement.

There are shops in King's Square and all down these two side streets; Maitimo circled them on the map.

Bless him.

And here are rows and rows of stunningly pretty shops!

...She doesn't have money, she doesn't even know what the money around here looks like--maybe she can just. Loiter a bit. And try to get a feel for how much various things are worth.

She is not going to have much luck with that. People walk into the stores, talk with the proprietors, and take things.

...Okay, well, if this is some kind of elaborate credit system or something she can probably acquire money later. She walks into one of the paper stores.

And the proprietor waves at her and introduces herself - Anduviel - and explains the different kinds of paper and inks and pens. What is she looking for?

Just something she can take notes with? There weren't a lot of different kinds of paper in Kilaiuossa, everything is much prettier and better-crafted here, she's a little overwhelmed.

This might be suitable note-taking paper! It's cheap to produce and holds ink well, won't smudge, though it's not quite as pretty and you wouldn't use it for letters or something.

...Right, she's also going to be writing letters at some point.

This is nice letter-writing paper! Requires more care but it comes out beautifully.

Hooray for penmanship practice.

Does she want some nice inks and pens, too?

Uh. Yes. (Do these pens work in a recognizable way...?)

They look like standard calligraphy pens.

Good. Well, there's probably not too many ways to get ink onto paper reliably, she shouldn't be surprised.

"Should I get a box for it for you, dearie?"

"Sure!" Please don't let anything awkward or embarrassing happen.

She puts the pens and bottles of ink and the paper in a box, and wraps it neatly, and ties it shut. "There you go! Have a lovely day!"

"Thanks!"

Oookay. Well. Paradise.

...Back to the lecture halls!

Now discussing conductivity in metal!

Ooh! Nice. Notes notes notes.

And the talk ends with a period for questions, which gets quite heated, and then the next lecture of the day is the third in an eight-part series on constrained chemical reactions.

Probably not a great idea to start in the middle of a series, what else is being talked about?