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Can’t expect the wounded door projects to desire spilling secrets. Instead of pushing and risking a damaged blowout she turned and left. The door swung shut with a solid thud, and Hazel cursed at herself for the unexpected tears rolling her face. They were hot, and she hated how crying always hurt more when void of actual sobbing. It only took a few paces away from the space for her emotions to subside, and the fabric she still gripped made for an excellent tissue. It was undoubtably rude to use such a precious thing for wiping tears, and she mumbled a prayer to make up for it later.
Knowledge is a skulking evil of its own, and it has the benefit of time. Billions have died in the Earth’s timespan, but some of those deaths were purposefully arranged to gain lessons. Perhaps it was an exaggeration for Hazel to compare her new plans with killing people, however she felt similarly when stepping into the reading room. Plush carpets covered the midsized room, and many comfortable seats were placed atop them. Along every wall were shelves, and the knowledge on them was worth more than the previous room of silks. Nothing was overtly fancy about this space, but it was also the smallest collection in the Keep and the least valuable. Lazily Hazel walked about the room, and she drug her hand about the spines without actually touching any. Each one of them had a soul, and one of their pulpy insides held the wounded guests secrets.
Quickly she plucked one labeled, ‘Four Nights With Winged Beasts,’ and with a flutter of heavy pages she turned to the middle. The random page depicted a mountaintop, and apparently mountains have lots of flying shit. She return it to its original place with a huff, but not before dragging her eyes around the room a final time. It would take years to figure out where to start, but luckily Hazel knew a librarian.