Well, then.  That's that.

It's been a few minutes; Giselda opens the door again and passes Desta a note.  'One of the kids - Clara, I'll point her out to you once we're inside - asked if you wanted to play.'

"You can go now, Marcus, I've got her."

She'll follow her in, then, sticking close as she looks around the room.

The walls are adorned with flowering plants, low to the ground; many of the flowers have handprint-shaped petals that are obviously a child's doing.  The floors are carpeted.  The common area has two big long tables; there's a few kids at each, doing things like coloring or practicing their handwriting or reading books, while the rest are - well, there's presently some kind of quiet conference going on in a far corner, but there's kids building a blocky castle, an ongoing game of jacks, and one kid's just flopped out on the floor, reading something silently.

There's a desk sized for adults in one corner, and a similarly adult-sized soft chair in another - that's playing host to ambitious construction, at present.  Along the side walls are doors with names on them at kid-height, most with names that were clearly written by their kids, but some that weren't.  (There's also a 'Quiet Room' and a 'Loud Room', on the sides.)  There's three bathrooms - two in the walls behind Desta as she enters, and one in the far wall where rooms with names including 'Miss Giselda' are.

There are also framed placards with rules and guidelines on them, scattered about where they're relevant - for example, there's one next to a toy chest, and one next to the short bookshelf.  Everything also has labels - words and pictures, joined together.

Giselda points out one of the kids that's playing jacks.  "That's Clara."

Well jacks is a definite no when she can't pick up any of the pieces. She'll go read the various signage, how about.

Lots of "Sharing is caring!" and "Remember, these are for everyone!" and "Don't leave messes for other people please!" messaging to go around, there.

It seems like there's also some other places she can go, in the building, if she asks permission first and has 'her rune-key'?  There's a bigger library that's mentioned, at least.

She needs to get that, actually, and write a note explaining what it does.

Desta might notice that all the kids have a bracelet or a necklace, with the same sort of stone and pattern, but different numbers and letters on it.

This is your rune-key.  It's a magic item.  If you haven't used a magic item before, let me know.  I'll help you attune it.

Your rune-key does a few different things.

It pairs with a chest like the ones in the bedrooms, so that only your key can open it.

(If someone has already paired their key with a chest, it will blink red.)

It lets you open the door and use the elevator, if you have permission.

And most importantly, when we're outside, it lets me know where you are, and it lets you know where I am, so you don't get lost.

It's important that you keep it with you all the time, so we have bracelets and necklaces that you can wear it on.

Please let me know which one you'd like.

Read read.

'Necklaces,' she taps.

Then she will have a little chain to wear the rune-key on!

Sure, she'll do that.

She goes back to reading the signs, and if nothing else has happened by the time she's done with them she'll go assess the block castle situation to see if she can join in.

The little knot of kids in the corner has broken up; one of them has moved to the table and started writing something, and the others are talking to other kids - but that doesn't have much to do with the block castle.

One of the kids - they're perched on the big chair - waves.

Another one looks around and then runs off to get some paper.

If it doesn't look like she's going to get run off from the block castle, she'll get some blocks and join in.

She's not very good at making stable structures, which quickly becomes pretty obvious.

Oop!  Yeah, that didn't look very stacked up straight...

...And she doesn't look very happy about it.

The kid with the paper scribbles down a question.

'Um, would you like some help?'

That's new.

Uh.

Uh?

Uh.

"...yeh?"

"Okay!  Um..."

Paper scribble.

'You give me the blocks and point where they should go, maybe?'

Well that's not playing with the blocks at all, is it. She'll go do something else, how about.

...Okay!  Darn.  "...Bye!"

There's book girl?

And the bookshelf in general.

There's also some worksheets.

The game of jacks looks to be being put away.

Worksheets require holding a pen but she knows how to manage a book, more or less. She picks out something likely-looking and finds a spot a little ways away from the other reader.

She looks over and smiles.

(There are a few copies of every book on the shelves.  This girl's book is not one of them, because there aren't any duplicates to be found.)