Library, Monday

[intotheout]

Tip was having trouble staying awake in the library today. She hadn't slept well last night, thanks to a bizarre anxiety dream involving sword practice, a giant game of stickyfish, and a complete inability to find a pair of functional pants.

Some dream interpretation books offered to help her out after her third time jerking herself awake, so Tip described as much as she could remember of it to them. Being dream interpretation books, they didn't actually have any real answers, but they tried their best.

"Not sure an interpretive dance of my interpreted dream is going to help, folks," Tip said, after watching them flip their pages at each other and do spins for a few minutes. "But thanks anyway."

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[seriesofbaddecisions]

Hopefully this would help at least for a few minutes!

"All right," Sabine greeted her, "I'm assuming you'd have books on meditation here somewhere?"

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"An entire section, even," Tip said. "Any particular type, or are you looking for a general overview? "

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Overview, I guess. I didn't even know there were different types," she admitted. She maybe wondered why there were different types, too. "Let's start simple."

[intotheout]

"Good plan. People are really good at overthinking not thinking, you know?"

Tip felt reasonably clever for that one.

"Alright, meditation 101 should be over this way. . . ."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

And she was proud of you for that, Tip.

"I'm going to mark this down as one of the things I've underestimated about this place," Sabine decided, happy to follow.

[intotheout]

"That list gets really long after awhile," Tip observed. "I'm on my third year here and it still takes me by surprise sometimes."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"So what you're saying is, this place just likes keeping us all on our toes." Which, she knew, but she'd thought she had a handle on it.

[intotheout]

"As much as a place can like anything," Tip said. "Which I don't think has yet been determined." She shrugged. "So. How's it going otherwise?"

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Not bad," she said, almost sounding surprised about it. "Got a new job, hence the book. Have a bunch of projects to keep me busy. How about you?"

[intotheout]

"Where are you working that you need a meditation manual?"

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Wellspring Arms... and Meditation Center," she said. "I don't know. But I should be prepared for the inevitable questions I get."

[intotheout]

"Wait. We have a place that sells weapons and meditation?" Tip shook her head. "How have I never noticed that before?"

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"No idea, but I haven't managed to get there before either," she admitted. "But at least now you know the person working Thursdays."

[intotheout]

“Guess I’ll have to come visit. You can show me the best weapons.”