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irene winters. ([personal profile] bookthefts) wrote in [community profile] aftr_ooc 2019-01-18 10:00 pm (UTC)

( Safety. Or something like it. Irene is inclined to believe it's merely something like it and that they're more than likely to run into more trouble somehow. It would be nice to imagine that this is the end of the quest, but practical experience tells her it's an impossibility.

Well, there's nothing saying she can't have a moment of freedom before the Language's effects wear off on the wall and they're in danger of monsters chasing them both. A chance to catch their breath and formulate a plan on where to go from here. He creates new light in a way Irene doesn't recognise, the scent tinging each breath she takes. Nothing quite like she's seen from either Fae or Dragons back on any alternate of Earth, but isn't surprising considering everything else in this strange, dreamlike place.
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I could ask you the same thing.

( So that means he doesn't recognise the powers of The Library, but — once again — that makes a certain amount of sense, given their situation.

But if he doesn't, she's not about to tell him. This may not be a world connected to The Library's network, but she's still a Librarian and maintaining a concealed identity is still important.
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