"Working at the Great Library -" Merianethel starts, but Thelarouvien breaks in. "Was an excuse for cowardice! It means nothing any more!" "I do not need to justify my choices to you," Inric says, provoked to speech at last. "Nor the importance of the Great Library. If you have a complaint, bring it to the Wyrte." And he moves down the stairs, and Thelarouvien watches him go, close enough for all sorts of trouble... and yet he doesn't quite dare.