Oh my gosh flying and then castle and then library.

"Wow," she says softly.  "Oh, wow.  You realize I now have to read all of these?"

"Might be harder than you think," he says. "The lowest shelves are all in Ansati."

"Oh, wow," she says.  "Those must be ancient."  She takes off running down the stairs.

He follows, giggling.

The bottom two floors of the library are indeed all in Ansati.

Ria: also giggling.

"Look!" she says gleefully, picking up a book.  "I'm holding a piece of history!"  Then she pauses.  "You're giggling!  I didn't know you giggled!"

He giggles more.

"There you go again!" she says.  "I wonder what else I'm going to end up learning about you."

"I guess we'll find out!"

"Yep! And then, if you want me to keep your secrets, you'll have to bribe me.  With books."

Snrk. "Do you think I have enough books?"

"I think you might be able to scrape by!" 

She starts back up the stairs, then pauses.  She sort of wants to hug the Lord of the Howling Mountain.  She is not sure how to do that non-awkwardly.  She decides against it.

He grins at her.

She grins back!  Then runs up another couple flights of stairs and starts examining book titles.

"Is it okay if I pull some of these off the shelves?  I'll put them back when I'm done."

"Yeah. If you keep them for a year they vanish back onto their shelves."

"I commend your commitment to library organization!"

She starts to make a "to read immediately" pile.  It looks like it's going to end up being kind of a large pile.

It's adorable.

She is so pleased!

Eventually she is finished with her pile.

"Um," she says.  "How long were you planning on letting me stay here?"

"Hadn't really thought about it, to be honest."

"Okay, well, I am probably going to sit on your floor and read for a while.  If you're okay with that."

"Go right ahead! There are also, like, chairs. Tables, even."

"Are the chairs magic somehow?"

"Not especially."

"Okay!"  She grabs a book and sits down anyway.