Private learn from your mistakes

Michi had been told the library in Manta Carlos was the best of them all. From there she could have the answers to possibly all the questions she had and probably ones she shouldn't even ask. But at this point, what was there to not know? Michi probably already seen, heard, and experienced things a normal person shouldn't, and now she was left with the remnants from that time. Not just her, but also her friends: all of them were suffering in some way. And that was why she was here: to find the answer if she could help her friends out of it. The islets didn't really heal them from the incident: all those people did was help them cope with the end results. Michi... didn't exactly want that for them -- if she could do something about their troubles, she would. And right now, the next best thing she could do about that was to learn her enemy and figure things out from there. Except. Starting this venture was harder than she thought. The library was vast and after looking through a couple of shelves she was just about ready to give up. There was a shelf full of magic creatures and possibly more. Right as she turned to another row of shelves, she found someone else in the same aisle with a tray of books and meticulously shelving them back in. For an obvious reason, Michi was ready to assume they were at least a library staff. Taking in a deep breath, she took cautious steps forward as if she was second guessing approaching the stranger. "Excuse me, sir, can I ask for some help? I'm looking for a specific set of books..."

Michi looked at the man curiously once he turned to her -- for some reason, the voices in her head rose a level higher. At this point she was used to it enough to not get startled, but not enough for her to not take notice. He didn't look like anyone she should be alarmed about though. She took a moment before she spoke, trying to find her own train of thoughts in the sea of voices in her mind. A sigh, "I was wondering where the books on ancient magic are. Preferably ones about... elder gods or something along that?"

Another one? Michi repeated inwardly. Maybe he was referring to Rowan... The boy did mention going to the library earlier and meeting a particular librarian. And she seemed to have met the same one -- what luck she had. She vaguely imagined the guy would have shoved her out of the library but then again, he has a job to do. Michi kept that thought to herself. "Tad bit late for a warning like that, sir," she replied, unconsciously fidgeting around with her hands as she followed after the librarian. Despite that, her voice revealed underneath it was contempt for the creature. The librarian returned with an old book, surprisingly still in decent shape. She muttered a 'thank you' while flipping through the book, inciting the voices in her mind to grow louder. She took that as disapproval from whatever was the origin of the voices. "Frankly, it meddled with us first. I don't think it's fair we don't know anything about it." Michi closed the book and looked up at the man eye to eye, "And that other one you mentioned was likely my friend, by the way. Why do you seem so against us researching anyway?"