"Well, there is that. I assume there are books on magic in this library."

"There are. Although many of the most relevant ones are in Ansati."

"Okay, well, step one, learn Ansati, I guess."

"I've heard it said that teaching something helps the teacher understand it better, not just the student," she adds. "It might be useful for me to teach you some of the magical theory."

"That sounds really great."

She smiles slightly.

"Probably Ansati first, though."

Nod.

"Where should I look to start on that?"

"Fourth floor, southwest quarter, near the back -" she conjures a scrap of paper and a pen, writes down directions.

"Okay. Thank you."

"You're welcome. Good luck."

"Thanks." And then she is off to investigate books.

Books on languages! If she wants to learn Ansati, this is indeed the place to start!

Oh good. Siva has never tried to learn a language before, are there any books obviously geared towards beginners?

Not exactly, but she might be able to get somewhere with this phrasebook and maybe those dictionaries.

She can roll with that. She opens a phrase book and starts memorizing and dissecting phrases.

It's a very pretty language, and a direct ancestor of modern Nathuremi, so the learning experience is definitely better than it might otherwise have been.

She looks up phrases, and words, and...

hmm.

She goes to see if the other woman is still there.

She is!

"Do you know where I could get pens and paper?"

"Certainly."

She conjures a stack of blank pages, a notebook, and a self-inking pen.

"I have got to learn that," she says admiringly. "Thanks!"

"It's useful."

"Seems it!" And she can use the objects to practice what she's picked up so far, writing short and simple stories.