"For what purpose do you wish to see the Great Library?" Orien hesitates, staring at the ground as though answers were written there. "I want to see Tiero again," she says. "I want to be somewhere away from here. I want to see what so many books look like. We don't have libraries here. Not public ones, I mean." She turns round to climb down the tree, one hand steadying the book so it does not fall. "I thought I wanted to go away with you." Facing away, she does not see Inric's involuntary frown at that. "But actually, maybe I just want to know that I could have chosen to." Reaching the platform, she turns. "That it's my decision to stay. For now."