"Did you find another missing book?" Mina asks, surveying the motley piles of books. "I think so. But it is an unlikely world." "Why?" "Books travel along well-used pathways and generally end up among other books. But the indicated world has only been visited once, according to our records." "So it's not a foster world?" Mina is oddly disappointed. "No." "Do you know the language?" "No," Inric admits. "But there are reasons to believe that won't be a problem." "Why?" "I think someone else has hold of the book. I am hoping they will be amenable to persuasion."