[He’s already gotten misidentified once, he’s got to correct this immediately-]

Oh, no! I don’t work here! I mean-

[Elias is not sure why he’s so insistent on setting things straight. He’s basically doing a librarian’s job right now, even if it’s just to hold books in his hand to calm down find comfort in solving a solvable problem. He just doesn’t like being called the library’s custodian when he’s not calling himself that yet- it reminds him of the other agreement he doesn’t remember signing. Elias cuts himself off and sighs, leaning his weight on a hand against the table.]

I’m a recent arrival like you are. I just wanted to fix the library.

[Now the mood is kind of down and that’s not good. He’s trying to make this into a comfort place!]

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