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Up in the library there is noise. Not an excessive amount, but the telltale signs of books being pulled from their shelves and added to a stack or pile: that stack is floating serenely along behind Sinthia as she walks up and down the aisles before finding a chair to curl up on. She has research to do, though there's precious little literature on the abilities she has in any practical sense.

Still, there's no point in not looking for it.

You might hear her humming softly to herself, something almost no one has heard her doing, should you be sufficiently quiet in your approach.

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Khadgar enters the library intent on finding a book on crystal technology and seeing if he can apply it to the broken Apexis shards. He's not being particularly quiet, mages aren't known for their stealth, as he heads towards the more traditional sorting system to try and get an idea of where to begin. The stacks don't always match up which makes finding anything specific in here an exercise in patience, but it's a start.

The heavy wooden drawers aren't particularly quiet either. The rifling through the cards is a softer sound, though, accompanied by the occasional soft, "Hmm."

Other noises that signify people moving around, not the rats, do get her interest quite quickly.

Sinthia comes around the end of the shelf, watching for a moment and letting her stack of books settle gently on the floor. "What are you looking for?" she asks.

Ignore that this question isn't verbal--her mouth never moves--but it's clear as day in Khadgar's head.

The voice in his head startles him far more than her presence and he flares his magical senses, eyes glowing blue a moment, trying to get a feel for her. There are very specific types of beings that speak that way where he's from and he'd like very much to know if he's dealing with someone of Light or Shadow.

"Ah, well met," he manages after a moment, uncertain. "I'm seeking a way to repair Apexis shards."

She watches him impassively for a moment: nothing about her looks anything other than strictly ordinary, really. Certainly nothing glowing. She merely blinks dark eyes, and listens.

"I don't know what Apexis shards are. Did you break something?"

Not magic, then, or possibly extremely powerful enough to hide her aura. Given it's Milliway's the former seems more likely. He's never met a being like this before, which is intriguing all on its own.

"They were broken when they were brought to me," Khadgar explains, settling more into his diplomat role. "They're crystal technology that holds information. These are very old." He brings his satchel around to his front, pulling out a wooden box that probably shouldn't fit in there. He unlatches the lid to reveal it's full of yellow gem shards.

If she's truly a child she may find it interesting. And if she's something more then maybe she can help.

"Pretty. They look like citrine," she says, head tilted a little to study the shattered pieces.

Without asking she lifts a hand, but rather than touch any of the yellow pieces a few of them rise on their own, slowly revolving until she can puzzle out a way they might slot together. If the pieces fit together at one point then the planes and facets will fit together again, like a puzzle.

"Do you know how they were made?""

He watches the shards float up, intrigued again that he senses no magic from this. Curious, curious. There are a great many pieces in the box, but he's at least kept the shards from different locations separated. In theory it should be possible to put the crystals back together but it's been difficult to find the time to attempt a puzzle like that.

"I know the draenei grow their crystals, but these aren't draenic in origin." So he's not sure.

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