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'You should really be more mindful of these things,' Chergoa was saying as they navigated their way through the maze of bookshelves together. Even as a reaper, she had to follow the path along with him. For whatever reason, she was unable to phase through any part of this building, even the books. 'What would you do if you collapsed from exhaustion, huh?'

For a change, Ibai didn't know what to say--nor did he particularly want to say anything at all. Somehow, he enjoyed listening to her talk to him like this. Her tone may have been a bit harsh or irritated, but it still made him happy, nonetheless.

Heh.

It was a rather long walk, and Chergoa inquired further into the details of the story that he was writing. Ibai was quite pleased to elaborate for her, but after a while, she asked about another subject.

'Still no luck finding any books about aberrations?' she said.

"Nope," said Ibai. "I think our existence might be too recent for this Library. It's tough to find any book that's less than two hundred years old."

'Shame. I bet Gohvis would know more about your kind, but good luck getting it out of him.'

Ibai flashed a quick grin. "He does seem pretty tight-lipped, doesn't he?"

'Ha. Good one.'

"Because he doesn't have lips."

'Yes, I understood the joke, Ibai. You don't have to explain it.'

"Yeah, but I wanted to, though."

'Well, it kind of kills the humor of it when you explain the joke.'

"Mm, I've heard that before, but I disagree. I think it makes it even funnier, actually."

'You do, huh?'

"Yup!"

'Well. Uh. That's. Really weird, but alright.'

"Plus, I think it helps ensure that no one is left out of the joke--which is important, because that's never a good feeling, is it? Missing out on the thing that everyone else is laughing at? That's no fun."

'You've given this more thought than I would've expected.'

"Here, let me tell you another joke."

'Oh, okay, this oughta be good.'