[PQ] Home Is Where the Books Are

The room Amalia finds herself in is strikingly beautiful beneath all the grime, and it doesn't take long for the Shield to immerse herself in it. Wondering and wide-eyed she goes straight to the strange structure in the middle. Reverently the Shield traces slender fingers along metal and stone, gently wiping away decay to reveal everything beneath. There are books, too. Reluctantly she steps away from the planets, turning her attention to the tomes. Gently Amalia begins to leaf through the pages, trying to parse the looping script- immediately too distracted to remember she's supposed to be bringing the books to Jigano. Ama wipes off the orrey, then gets distracted reading one of the books, oops a m a l i a You were young and you'd stare With a reverence unimpaired Searching in your dark eyes to find the stars already there