[ she might get there one day, but right now she's far too focused on figuring out this place as quickly as possible. there's certainly too much to look at in a day, much less a single conversation, but she's grateful to have at least found a willing conversational target. she's gonna hoard him as a source for sure. ]

[ as they get further from people, she gets a stronger sense of leaning into privacy, so her voice lowers, to avoid carrying off into the void of the library. she does notice his reaction to his own remark, thinks he rather prefers not being perceived, but ultimately remains tunnel visioned on the world topic at hand. ]

Well, I wasn't intending to go out and pick fights with them. Citizenship like... what, we get more rights automatically or something? More job opportunities? [ she feels like she's in a strange medieval fantasy land, but she doesn't know if that reference will even mean anything. ]

[ oh, right. names. introductions. she does forget that sometimes when she's on a roll. ] I'm Annabeth. Have you been here very long?