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Library, Tuesday

Rinoa was still working on Roaring Hills. She was normally a much faster reader than this, but with all the excitement lately -- break week! Squall's birthday! new students! heading home, then back again in as many days! -- she hadn't had time to herself. Not great big pockets of time, where you could pull out a book and fall into it. More stolen moments here and there, which were fine for frivolous books or short stories, but Gothic epics, you'd just settle into them once you were pulled out again.

Today, Rinoa was going to curl up at the aide's desk and read. Unless anyone needed her, naturally. Other book-lovers were free to interrupt her at will.

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Hat tucked under one arm, and the other full of medical and technical journals he'd acquired the other day, William made his way into the library. There was a moment of puzzlement as he took in the unfamiliar face at the desk, before realising that of course more than one person must work in the library.

"Morning, Miss," he greeted her with a nod.

"Good morning," Rinoa said brightly. "Are you new here? If not, I guess we just haven't met yet. I'm Rinoa. Welcome to the library!"

"I am new, yes," William replied, a little startled by the enthusiasm. "William Murdoch," he introduced himself, setting down the pile of journals. "I've come to return these- and to seek out more."

"Did you like them?" she asked. Sadly, Rinoa's enthusiasm switch was always set to full-blast. "Do you want recommendations for more? This one's good but it might not be your style. What kind of books are you seeking?"

To be fair, asking Will to discuss something like photoluminescence or ballistics or code-breaking was likely to get his enthusiasm levels approaching critical velocity. "Technical manuals," he informed Rinoa. "I've a century and a quarter's worth of innovation to get up to speed with."

"How are you faring?" Rinoa asked. Technical manuals weren't her cup of tea, but anyone patronizing the library had to be a good sort, anyway. "Are you an inventor, then? Someone that deals with innovation and technical wonders?"

"It's a little overwhelming, but thankfully people here seem to be quite pleased to answer my questions," William admitted. Ànd an inventor? I don't know if I could call myself that, precisely. I make things, now and then, but mostly I just try to keep abreast of what others far more capable than myself are managing to come up with."

"If you enjoy doing it, that's good enough," she said. "Who knows, maybe one day you'll stumble onto something life-changing and make piles of money!"

"That's rather a nice thought," William had to admit, "but probably more likely to happen to those with the means to do more than just dabble."

"You never know," Rinoa said. "Dabbling might lead to you stumbling onto something huge."

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