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Somewhere in a Middle Mentia Library
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Patricia
With his fencing training over and his companions nowhere to be found, Arlean decided to visit a local library to study magic - one of the largest in Shaslandi, with a sizeable magical section. He just needed to pay a steep entry fee of a single silver for a day...

It can't be helped, he's a foreigner after all. 

He quickly grabbed a book about local magical tradition and the religion of Qinism, sitting at one of the table and studying it curiously. After 30 minutes, he set the book aside and grabbed what is a cross between fiction and mythology, reading about alleged heroic tales of ancient Mentian heroes instead. 

The kitsune's silhouette would be extremely distinctive - with all nine of his fluffy tails wrapped around the chair..
Philip
Sonja must have been board out of her mind if she was visiting a *Library* Of all places. The Ursinoid didn't even speak Mentian, let alone read it. Sure, there were probably some Silnarian texts too, but nevertheless the entry fee seemed like a negligent waste of her war chest. Not that she really had an idea what she wanted to do with said funds. It was enough to live comfortably somewhere. But not enough to fund an uprising against her enemies in Upper Mentia. What a bother.

The tall Ursinoid stalked about the aisles, deciding now that she had paid, there was little choice but to make it worth her while. Sonja idly glanced over books she couldn't read, before stepping into an open area with reading tables. Some fluffy tails caught her attention.

*Another foreigner?* She wondered to herself. *Maybe they'll know something smart.*

With that, the Ursinoid slowly made her way to the other side of the table and took a seat in from them them, saying nothing for the moment as she took in the appearance of this oddly fluffy person.
Patricia
The fox would continue reading into the book, barely paying attention to the much taller bear that just appeared in front of him. 

After a minute, he would raise his head, nodding and smiling. Hmm. Quite interesting. And much taller than he is... He probably could match her in strength though. 

"Hello."
Philip
The Ursnoid sat there silently for a moment, not saying anything at first. As the other noticed her, she gave him a small nod. His floof had evidently made him appear larger than he really was.

"...Reading something interesting?" She wondered, glancing over the title of his book to see whether it was in Silnarian or Mentian. She could only speak the former. That, and Hasapiaan, but she didn't expect to find much of that here.
Patricia
*The book was indeed Mentian, and he turned around to show her the words, expecting her to be... Mentian literate.* 

"Mythology of ancient Mentian heroes tales. I am reading through all of them here to pass my time. It is quite interesting how they portrayed their ancient heroes." 

*Besides the book Arlean was reading was a book about local magical traditions - that one seems to have dual Mentian and Silnarian writings on the cover.*
Philip
"I see..." The Ursinoid nodded slowly. She didn't spend much time trying to read the words she couldn't understand. "That is certainly one way to pass the time." Whether it be on account of not knowing Mentian, or them being the people who crushed her tribe, she wasn't particularly interested in their mythology.

"What's that one about?" She motioned to the other book, reading the dual language cover. The Ursinoid knew the answer already, but figured this guy would probably give her more details than the cover would.
Patricia
*Arlean would take up a bookmark and put it on his book, closing it and then turning it over,*"That one's a magic encyclopedia - dual translated, volume 8 out of 24, describes several rituals for learning magic - this one cover one specific for combat and manipulation of weapons. I am no good with it, maybe it is of interest to you?"
Philip
"Huh... I always have more weapons than I know what to do with... But not a huge magic user myself." Sonja remarked, nodding slowly to herself as she reached for the book to investigate. Sure enough, he had told her more than the cover. "Mind if I take a look?" But the Ursinoid was already sliding the book across the desk towards her, clearly intent on looking either way.
Patricia
"Hey. I mean, I was gonna read that." Arlean would stand up and walk over to her side, sitting next to her if Sonja didn't stop him,"This part is about manipulating the threads of magic, creating barely visible strings with which you can manipulate weapons - or... Cooking tools, apparently."
Philip
"So like... Using multiple weapons at once. I see." The Ursinoid nodded slowly. Her interest had been piqued! She opened up the book and turned to the chapters he had indicated. "Suppose we can read it over together." Sonja concluded, apparently still intent on ingesting this knowledge regardless of whether Arlean had been about to read it.
Patricia
Arlean would start reading it - silently. The whole thing talked about how mana can be used to create threads - threads that can be connected to people, and by pre-connecting them to weapons - preferably, blunt and safe one, you could manipulate it like hands. It show it with illustrations of strings wrapped around weapons, and contain detailed instructions on how you should practice and at what level is it considered proficient. 

Like a normal weapon practice manual it tells you to start with spear first - followed by sword and bows..
Philip
Sonja slowly read over the book too. She wasn't particularly well acquainted with magic textbooks or techniques. The only magic she had learned was some superficial animal speak from a friend of her old tribe. As a result, the learning curve here was steep. It was going to take a lot more than some theoretical readings to get her to the point of leveraging magic like this. But, Sonja understood enough to see how this could be useful. Flinging weapons at the enemy, always having blades at the ready. Or crossbows. Basically, it solved her problem of not being able to decide on which weapon she wanted to use. Kinda.

"This seems quite useful..." She mused idly to herself.