It’s really not all that surprising that Clark visits the library often, is it? At the speed he reads he’d need to spend his entire salary on books every month if he wanted to get new books, and he does live in Maurtia Falls. Really, it’s more surprising that Will is here, so Clark’s eyebrows try to meet his hairline when he bumps into the man. Clark’s holding three books: two treaties about medical biology and what looks to be some historical records on the Black Death.

The choice in Will’s books surprises him too. Surely he could have found those in Heropa as well?

“Oh, hello Will. Didn’t expect seeing you here.” And then, because he realizes that might come across in a wrong way he adds: “I mean, you don’t live in this city. Looking for something specific?”