An appetite for knowledge. (Katsura)

Littorio heard the voices behind her, a duo bickering over something or other but mostly ignored them. Didn’t they know a library was a place for silent reading? However what Littorio had perhaps foolishly neglected was the book flying towards her head. It was then that, amazingly, a small yellow blob jumped from a nearby bookshelf and collided with the book. They both landed on the floor with a gentle sounding crash that was still audible due to the general quiet of the library.

Littorio twisted on her heels, a single flowing movement as her amber eyes focused on the small yellow blob. She bent down, a soft smile present on her face, as she reached out to remove the book from the stunned creature. In one graceful movement she had the book held under one arm and was gently shaking the dazed digimon with her hand however they seemed pretty much unconscious which was a shame.

“Oh dear...I wonder how this small one ended up in this state.” It was a total facade but Littorio gently picked the Zurumon up, holding them close to her chest in a protective almost parental manner. It was, in part, an act but also partly genuine. Littorio did not really care about this creature but she supposed making herself look good in them might help her form some useful contact in the digital world; she could use them after all.

“Oh? I’m sorry I would not know. I don’t work here.” Littorio was a little surprised that this human, with her partner, would ask that question. It was rather obvious that the human office worker was well, not a digimon here or was it normal for humans to staff the library’s in this city?

“Mmm mm it’s fine young lady~” Pulling one hand away from holding up the unconscious digimon, Littorio reached towards the book that had collided with the Zurumon. She lifted it towards her face, eyes scanning the book’s cover. Her eyebrows quirked up in curiosity, rather pleased that she had discovered this book. It may have only been a catalogue of one type of Digimon but that was still better than nothing. Littorio would keep this book for the time being, carefully holding it under her arm as she returned her second arm to supporting the unconscious Zurumon.

“My partner….? No. I heard a clutter and saw this little one under this book just now...but what is this about a partner?” Her lips curled into a knowing smirk, seeing clear through the situation before her. Books did not randomly fly through the air or at least they did not in the human world. The rules of the digital word were rather different to that of the human world after all; who could say books were not capable of flying of their own accord?

“Miss...mind putting me down?”The yellow blob stirred and wiggled softly in Littorio’s grip, seeking to worm their way free from the human’s grip. She would acquiesce, gently placing the Zurumon down upon a nearby table smiling softly.

“Sorry~ You were passed out on the floor. I figured it’d be better to pick you up than leave you on the floor.” The Zurumon’s eyes rolled from Littorio to Katsura but they stayed silent, pondering the matter before them.

“.....You have my thanks miss.”

“You’re very welcome. Feel free to call me Littorio, it is a pleasure to meet all three of you.” The office workers smile remained as potent as ever as the yellow blob of a digimon had reason to pause. They had no issue with this Littorio lady but Katsura had lobbed a book which was UNFORGIVABLE in a library.

There seemed to be some minor tension between Katsura and her partner but Littorio would not comment on that. She merely stored that little observation away for now, saving it for later. Perhaps these two had a rather good relationship or perhaps they did not. The basis for both had been observed and that was good enough for the time being.

“An..element?” Littorio looked to the yellow blob of a digimon on the table, who simply met her gaze with an expression of equal confusion. It seemed that Lavina was just as confused as this human.

“Hmm…...you are a rather strange duo you know that right?” Both Lavinia and Littorio were both rather confused about the nature of partners and elements but honestly? Neither of them seemed very important right now.

“None of you would know anything about a book on the digital world’s history would you?” That was what had brought the Italian to this library after all.

“...Little digimon do you know what a spirit wielder is?” Littorio turned her gaze towards the Zurumon, whose eyes met those of the Italian with a frustrated glare. The human raised a curious eyebrow at that, wondering what on Earth caused the yellow blob of a digimon such frustration.

“Miss Littorio, I do have a name. It is Lavinia. Do not call me little….however to answer your question no, I do not. The majority of my knowledge pertains to the digital world and the creatures that reside in it.” Ah so that was it. This Lavinia disliked being called little. Littorio would keep that in mind but for now she was more interested in well, whatever this spirit wielder business was.

“Nyao care to enlighten me on this spirit wielder business?” The Italian sighed internally, keep her mouth shut and maintaining a polite facade but honestly feeling more than a little exhausted with Katsura’s inane rambling. She spoke in a rather hard to decipher manner, worsened only by her using terminology that was totally alien to Littorio.