Inric braces himself and asks the question. "Your reading is curtailed by the Elect?" "Yes," Mina says, still watching her brother. "They say it's better to have lots of copies of useful books. That the books that aren't in the lower tier libraries are the ones we don't need." "Don't need for what?" "To do the jobs we are assigned." "You are assigned to be a librarian?" "I hope to be. It depends on what's needed." "Ooh!" Jakin says from across the room. "I found a novel." "I have not sorted these books yet." Inric feels a need to explain the lack of order to this small colleague. She looks up at him frowning. "But you can't read them, can you?" "That is part of the problem."