Library [1-8]

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It was Dan's first day in the library and he was just as nervous and excited as you would imagine a spastic geek like him would be. After spending a couple of minutes getting to know the place, he sat behind the front desk with a book and a cup of coffee, ready to help people in any way he could.

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"Just a fan," he said. "I grew up with the New York Public Library so I've been kind of spoiled when it comes to awesome places to get books."

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Henry slurped from his everpresent mug of coffee. "Ah. I was in the Newberry in Chicago for about 15 years before I came here. It's a lot better than I expected a high school library to be, I'll tell you that much. You might be surprised by how it stacks up to NYC."

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"I'm not disappointed so far," he said. "I haven't checked out the special collections yet. It looks kind of um...foreboding."

And, yes, Dan knew how ridiculous that sounded.

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"Oh, I didn't tell you the Special Collections rules," Henry said, not thinking Dan sounded at all ridiculous. "We don't go in. If we have to, we take a snack and a weapon and wear shoes we can run in. Or we leave whatever-it-is until Anemone's shift. She sounds like she knows how to handle it."

... and now the 'seem' bit was officially not the strangest thing he'd said today.

Re: Talk to Dan

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Dan didn't even know why he expected to have a normal conversation, he really didn't. "...okay then. I'll just...keep clear. I'm not all that good with weapons."

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"Not exactly my area of specialty either," Henry reassured him. "Sorry. The time I went in, we brought Oreos, and the books swooped down to get them. They're kind of vicious. So ... yeah. We stay clear."

Re: Talk to Dan

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"I can do that, trust me," Dan said. "I'm kind of a stickler for the rules."

Suck uuuuuup.

Re: Talk to Dan

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Henry noticed the suck-up-iness, but it wasn't something he was going to discourage in an employee.

"Good," he said. "I'm not usually around Fridays, so ... it's good to know I can trust you not to break the library."