She immediately regrets putting pressure on her shoulder, because now it hurts as much as the other - but alas, such is life. Amalia inspected her room with interest, pleased by its condition and the lack of dust or rot. About to enter and evaluate further, a flurry of noise and activity distracts her; turning, the girl's eyes widen as Sam stumbles back, a great cloud of buzzing paper in hot pursuit.
Fear grips the baker, hot panic welling in her as the chaos unfolds. Paper wasps- the bane of many a librarian past, the girl had in her time at the Atheneum suffered the business end of their stingers more than once. Her usual solution to the little pests was water: saturate them before they had a chance to swarm, drown them in their own nests and wings and then run far away. But there is no apparent liquid in sight, and Isla has already sprung into action. With a deep drop of dread Amalia sees the medic's plan, crying out too late, "Wait!" Fire would work in the long run, but the threat of a spread is massive, and Amalia fears for the books more than herself.
"Shut the door!" the girl cries, leaping forward to try and close the door they came through, to keep the fiery beasts from causing more damage. "They can't hurt you, Samuel - don't let them ignite the books!"
Fear grips the baker, hot panic welling in her as the chaos unfolds. Paper wasps- the bane of many a librarian past, the girl had in her time at the Atheneum suffered the business end of their stingers more than once. Her usual solution to the little pests was water: saturate them before they had a chance to swarm, drown them in their own nests and wings and then run far away. But there is no apparent liquid in sight, and Isla has already sprung into action. With a deep drop of dread Amalia sees the medic's plan, crying out too late, "Wait!" Fire would work in the long run, but the threat of a spread is massive, and Amalia fears for the books more than herself.
"Shut the door!" the girl cries, leaping forward to try and close the door they came through, to keep the fiery beasts from causing more damage. "They can't hurt you, Samuel - don't let them ignite the books!"
