[ And if someone from Middle Earth does show up here... she'll make sure, if she sees them first, to text Steve and tell him. Especially with that look he just gave her. It's endearing and encourages her to live in the nostalgic whimsy for a moment longer. ]

Yeah, it was really magical for the first few moments.

[ And then Umber had removed the patch and she'd kind of gone off the deep end. But, that wasn't a conversation for right now.

She smiles softly, sucking on her lower lip out of habit as she thinks it over. ]

I think there are some truths better left unsaid until everyone's ready. And some that are unavoidable. [ She knew there were kids here and as much as she'd like to be able to find a way to shield them from the horrors, protecting them from the truth wasn't going to stop the horrors from finding them. This place was different, though. It was darker and preyed on weakness like a three-course meal. ]

If there is, it probably won't be that easy to find. Some of the books are pretty garbled so if we were to come across it in the Library, I don't know that we'd recognize it right away.

[ It's more of a royal 'we', not that she'd turn down book hunting with Steve. She's been scouring plenty on her own, though. Slowly. Trying to build a personal catalog of the books with notes for the ones that are more garbled than others. ]