What was the deal with books?
Lately, it was books. Here a book, there a book, everywhere a book book. Books are pretty cool. True story. But it was still strange. He was an Illusionist, Jim, not a Librarian.
Omar's book dredged up memories. Made things real. The things you forget, the things you ignore, filing away to Deal With Later. Being 'Okay' with something isn't dealing with it. Everyone is a library. Every experience, a book in that library. Pop Quiz: What's the biggest section in the library?
The book was in the backpack, and the backpack was shouldered, because the book was kind of heavy. Not heavy as in full of deep things, but heavy as in, wow, that's awkward to stand around holding. Like a bag of dog food. A real bag, not a lunch sack.
Hands collapsed the deck he was working, and he rapped the spine of it against Zoey's door.
Because Top Secret Guardian, yo.