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After that, their conversation had drifted to other subjects as the Weaver began asking various questions about Ibai himself, inquiring into his personal history. She even demonstrated an interest in House Blackburn as a whole.

He hadn’t provided her all of the answers that she wanted, however. As much as he enjoyed getting to meet her for the first time, he decided to play things more mischievously. When it came down to it, he didn’t know if he should trust her with information about his family.

Plus, it was more fun this way. He could tease her with his answers and maybe even coax a few out of her, in exchange. She was quite the curious creature, after all. He wanted to know more about her personal history, too.

She hadn’t been forthcoming at all, though, and so that first encounter had ended with the two of them having not made much progress with one another.

But that was okay. It just gave him more reason to go and talk to her again. If they were going to build trust, then it would take time.

And heck, even if she never told him anything else about herself, she was still a wellspring of information about all manner of other subjects.

Such as the Library.

Which was why he decided to go and visit her again. He’d already asked her about Emiliana’s meditative trance once before, and the Weaver had told him that she didn't know anything about it, but this time, Ibai intended to take a different approach.

Luckily, he’d already memorized the path back to her.

‘Hello again,’ she said.

“Hi,” he said with his usual cheer, but he also decided to not waste time and just jump straight into his question. “Do you know of any other hidden areas within the Library? And I mean areas where, like, the extra special books are stored.”

‘Ah. Well, the answer to that is more complicated than you might expect.’

“How so?”

‘Do I know of such areas? Yes, I do. Do I know how you can reach them? Maybe.’

“Aw, c’mon, don’t tease me about this, too! This is more important than just simple curiosity on my part!”

‘Alas, I am not teasing you. Rather, I genuinely am not sure if I can help you or not.’

“Oh.”

‘You’re aware that the Library has a will of its own, yes?’

“Yeah-huh?”

‘Then perhaps it will come as no surprise to you that if the Library does not wish for you to find something, then you will not find it.’