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Lee's mostly awake, head in his hand and propped up at the desk.

There were two choices laid out in front of Adah for today. It was a nice morning, a bit chill for her newly acquired tastes, but there was a whole preserve that was waiting for her to limp around and explore. However, she knew that today would be a good day to go to the library, to crack some things open and let the information pour out into her brain, entertainment, stories, contentment.

Oh, and she could get some books, too. But those, as she'd admit to only herself, were secondary. Adah limped in and leaned heavily on the desk when she reached it, leaning over half in expectation, half merely for balance. She looked at the Eel and smiled a light hello, blinked a what are you doing?

"Morning," he said, giving her a smile in return. He changed positions, standing up a little straighter. "I'm still waking up, I think. Couldn't sleep much last night. How are you? It's good to see you."

[*can totally read pings omg for realz* *facepalms*]

Adah's head bobbed, slightly jerkily, in a response. Good, well, fine and swell, although it was a little surreal, this set-up, reversal of roles. She realized it was her first time in the library at all when she wasn't the one sitting behind the desk. Her head tilted at him, a silent question for the restless night before her own restlessness had her scanning the titles of books set out on the desk.

"Not really sure," he said and shrugged a shoulder. "Just one of those nights, I guess. I'm still getting used to the new environment. The sounds are all different at night here then they were at home. Things confuse me sometimes."

He turned the selection (http://www.amazon.com/Great-Gatsby-Wordsworth-Classics/dp/185326041X/ref=sr_1_2/104-1846513-3516719?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190565797&sr=1-2) of (http://www.amazon.com/Catcher-Rye-J-D-Salinger/dp/0316769177/ref=sr_1_5/104-1846513-3516719?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190565797&sr=1-5) books (http://www.amazon.com/Fahrenheit-451-Ray-Bradbury/dp/0345342968/ref=sr_1_6/104-1846513-3516719?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190565797&sr=1-6) towards (http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Flies-Penguin-Great-Century/dp/0140283331/ref=pd_rhf_f_t_cs_2/104-1846513-3516719) her.

As Adah tapped a finger on that last one, the corner of her mouth sharpened into a slight grin. She couldn't help but wonder if the Eel was just very attuned to the practice of being a better judge of covers than others, or if he was merely a product of luck. She found that, in most cases, it was almost alway...always...luck. After passing her own pleased judgment with that single tapping finger, she shifted her bag so that she might open it and pull out her notebook. It flopped carelessly open on the desk, still open to her last conversation before she flipped it to a new page, extracted a pen, and began to write.

"I miss," she told him, "having the world breath around me as I sleep; this place doesn't breath like the jungle does. I worry sometimes that it's being suffocated, and that is why."

He watched which book she tapped and nodded at the quiet judgment. "I'll read that one first," he told her.

After reading her words, he said, "Jungle sounds almost like another person. Someone who never sleeps and is always there as a companion. Maybe here, it's just...maybe there's just no one here?"

Anakin was looking for books for the next few ethics classes.

Which was why he was in the library.

Not at all because he missed Rory.

Really.

...shut up.

"Morning," Lee said, nodding at Anakin. "How goes it?"

Anakin stopped.

And stared.

"...Lee?"

"Uh." He nodded. "Yeah, that's me. Have we met before?"

Anakin shook his head sharply, bringing himself back to the present. "Another lifetime," he said quietly. "Hello. I'm Master Skywalker, the ethics teacher."

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The library's closed for lunch except for the librarian and fellow aides.

Lee's reading now, half eaten banana in one hand.

Ed wandered into the library, his nose half-buried in a book as he made his way over to the library desk.

"Afternoon," Lee said when he noticed Ed. "Good book?"

He made a face. "No, it's basically full of crap."

"So, why read it?" Lee asked.

"Because if I don't then I can't say for sure it's full of crap?" Ed replied.

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