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[if this had been even a few days ago, she might have been hesitant to speak first, perhaps do some more observation. As it is she's already explored as best as she was able, keeping to the shadows. She's read up on all the information she'd been given and tried to glean more besides.

But risks were worth taking it and it couldn't be worse than facing down a yonko or two. Their backs are to the wall, wherever the others collective backs were they would come should she need them. There is nothing to fear from this strange place.

All that being said, the camera is tilted to show some shadowy corner and her voice is nearby but she's careful not to be visible]

From what I can gather, we are here to be shepherds of books, correct? In a sense, librarians accustomed to danger. Or am I wrong? It seems like a waste of energy... But who am I to say?

[she wants to know opinions really. To know what she's not being told or what others wonder about]

Who is here from other places? Where do you come from? And have you heard of Nekomamushi?

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Nope. But that's a good way of putting things. We're herding books and keeping things from getting past the point of no return.

[He pauses and thinks over that last line before shaking his head.]

Anyone, most of the fellows you meet are going to be from some...other Earth or Earth like place. Nutty isn't it?

[she tilts her head, not that it can be seen]

Mm. Aren't a great many islands made of earth? [she feels she's missing something crucial here]

Most of 'em are. Ha...uh, the Earth I'm talking about is the planet. Mostly water but a few good, big pieces of land.

[He tilts his own head, eyebrows up in a question as he smirks.]

What's your place like, lady?

Hmm. About the same. Curious. Do you have a dangerous ocean? A country of giants? An island of dinosaurs? Fishmen perhaps?

Hmm, yes, no, I don't think so, and nope!

[Fishmen? Really?]

My world is nothing like this place. Sounds like it's nothing like your place either. You really have fish people?

You're right. But it isn't a waste of energy. If we don't look after the books anyone could get into them and anything could happen. They could destroy the Library accidentally. They could destroy someone's home. They could destroy your home.

[He pulls himself together after that rant]

Well, there are plenty of librarians here, so you don't have to worry too much. But I haven't heard of Nekomamushi. What is it?

[Flynn is really curious about anything he doesn't previously know.]

How can someone from outside a world destroy it? Are they given some special power? [she can't say it worries her, she can barely comprehend such a thing as happening. It seems so outside of anything normal even for her. Still it is worth keeping in mind]

I suppose I would be a librarian as well, though, wouldn't I? Isn't that my function in this place? [just to make things clear.]

[she smiles a bit at the question]

He is a very large, mostly friendly cat.

Yes, we're all Librarians here. And there's a Head Librarian who's a cat. Sort of. Is he any relation to Nekomamushi?

You know, I don't know how it works. [He frowns] It does appear to be true though.

How could I know? I've yet to see him. Though that would be amusing... [she wonders if he 'garchuu's as well.]

Oh? Does it? What happened to make you believe so?

I've been in a world in a book. If we can get into books from here, then it stands to reason that the contents of books can escape into the Library.

I think most of us are from other places than each other, honestly. Never heard of your Nekomamushi though. I'm from a planet called Earth but I seem to be from a different one than a few others. There seem to be a lot of us here from an "Earth".

Otherwise, you seem to have a good idea of what we're supposed to do. The books are more than books, really. More like their own little worlds. Why do you think it's a waste of energy?

Hmmm well is it really our right to interfere in worlds then? Are these more like gateways than books? [it seems somewhat like a sacrilege] Do they tell histories or are they just windows?

But I suppose, the question is, who do we guard them from? Or perhaps is it to make sure they stay in line.

Definitely more like Gateways, and I think it's not so much we're interfering, as setting right things that go wrong, or just surviving. Like...most recently we all were asked to go help retrieve Cupid's arrows that had been stolen, and the thief was causing mayhem in Ancient Greece.

Before that, another person here and myself were pulled IN to one of the books. Honestly not sure why, just...we were. We had to learn about that world, so we could effectively find our way out again.

For the other questions, I'd talk to one of the Librarians or assistants. My impression has been we're here to help keep them safe from each other, and outside threats.

[There is at first, a white paw and a wet-cold-dark nose, before the view backs up to show Ammy. That is, a large white wolf, with red sacred markings. A blue disc seems to hover half-in-this-plane, half-not, over her shoulders and to flare with a sun's corona.

Backing up so she is sitting tall, there is a large pad of paper near her propped up. Her tail wags lazily, and then writing appears on the pad, in ancient Japanese. A translation will appear on the screen for Robin.

私はアマテラスです。私は日本から来ました。私が集めてきた非常に古い日本。私は前にネコマムシについて聞いていない。

I am Amaterasu, and I am from Nippon. A very very old Nippon, from what I have gathered. I have not heard of a nekomamushi before.

[oh! How cute! And a kind of language that is strangely familiar and yet not!]

I have never seen a new Nippon, so I suppose it doesn't matter. [it reminds her a little of Wano. That's where]

Are you always in that form? Or is it just temporary?

日本とも呼ばれています。

There's that writing again, and there's a little bit more room.

このフォームは、私がこの存在の面を使うのが最も簡単です。]

It is also called Japan. This form is easiest for me to use upon this plain of existence.

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