Inric places his hands on the table, looking at the papers he has pulled from the drawers. It's not there. He touches the scroll he took from Kaleir. He has the copy, but... the original is gone.
He remembers his long-ago training in that very room, from the senior librarian himself. "And these are the original records, which are held in perpetuity," he had said. "You will mainly be working with the curated summaries, but if you need more information, these will be the complete records you need."
Inric clenches his fists on the table.
"Liar!"