Oh–! So somebody does work here. [ Annaliese beams at him. ] I'm so sorry to interrupt – I was just hoping to browse rather than looking for anything in particular.

[ Maybe it says something about her own priorities that the library was one of her first stops here after arriving – yes, things are kind of wild and out of wack, but you can usually rely on a library to give you some idea of what any given place is like. Maybe she just wants something familiar to anchor her a little... or maybe she's just sticking her nose into everything. You decide, dear reader. ]

It seems as though you have your hands a little too full to be worrying about a patron, though. Has our sudden arrival put you out of sorts?