Not every book a mage reads needs to be magically significant. An open scene for anyone
The best of last year's Taylor Swift, Jason Mraz and Ed Sheeran play over speakers hidden in the ceiling of Sacramento's very own Barnes & Noble. Individuals and small groups consisting of singles, pairs and one or two adults plus children meander through the aisles, selecting from the very best of whatever some executive decided six months ago would be most likely to sell today. Teens camp out on the floor reading books, graphic novels and manga they have no intention of buying, while the artificial scents of coffee and sugar ever so subtly remind you that there's a Starbucks tucked away near the front of the store.
Of course, ever since Barns & Noble removed the comfortable chairs to keep people from spreading out and camping inside all day without buying anything (replacing them with tables where more product is stacked), each table in the Starbucks is packed full of people who are spreading out and camping out without buying anything except a latte. At the information desk that sits at the center of the store like a spider in it's web, there is a customer who is describing a book in the most vague way possible and getting angry at an underpaid worker who can't magically make it appear with a snap of their fingers.
Kid With Knife is standing in the True Crime section, severe in his black shoes, black suit, white shirt and black sunglasses perched up in his hair like a bodyguard on break as he skims the inside flap of a book titled Vulgar Favors: The Hunt For Andrew Cunanan, The Man Who Killed Gianni Versace. The book basket at his feet holds a box and three other books in a neat stack.
Kid's Book Basket