Garth
*His eyes glanced down to her stack of books with interest. Said interest shortly being dashed to death rather quickly as he skimmed one of the titles and just gave up, only having a very basic understanding of magic he hasn't even considered studying such things yet. That aside it dawns on him she must be quite the mage to be reading all this. That or an arcane-focused scholar. One or the other the thinks. Time will tell.*

*On the topic of war he looked perplexed. He'd known there was a war going on but bar the sight of marching soldiers along the road he truly didn't know much of war and its events. Fighting and violence were obvious but he seemed oblivious to her dislike of the topic or how she might be more 'preoccupied' because of it. He simply focused on the fact she was another soul looking for answers. That he understood and respected. Nodding his head he said as if a matter of factly* "I will look for these magic books if needed" *Another smile is given, he seems happy to offer assistance to her.*
Marisa
*Melody's shoulders went lax at the offer.*"That would be nice."*She said simply at first.*"I might actually have to borrow them from the library at the rate I'm going at, but not quite sure how I'd return them with all the traveling I have later."*She took one of the books from the stack, flipping through it quickly before coming to gesture to a word an image, marking the name of a specific spell school.*

"I think this is the form of magic I'll need. At least from what I've read so far. Any books on it will help greatly."*She said before finally looking back over to him, her emerald green gaze reflecting into his own in the held look.*"Do you think you'll be able to find some? I wouldn't want to distract you from your own studies if it ends up taking quite a while."
Garth
*Paying close attention to the image. His eyes running over the page and trying to memorise certain words. Most he didn't know the meaning of but at least he'd recognise if he saw them again. Nodding his head as she spoke, signifying his attention being on the request. After she had finished speaking he took out a small piece of paper, using a charcoal pencil he sketched fairly well a copy of the symbols and key words (to him these are just the underlined or larger printed words) from the book she showed him. He looked at his own pile of books for a moment before back to her. Chuckling he shook his head when she spoke about distracting him.* "This more important" *With those final words he he started looking at the various shelves for any sort of book she might be looking for. He'll probably miss some but if any other books had images like the one shown he'd take it and place it on the pile.*
Marisa
*Melody watched as he headed off to collect some books, deciding to look through a few of her own while he started adding on to the pile. After a short while, she began developing a system in separating the books up. One pile became the one she planned on keeping, while the others needing to be returned back had their own as well. Eventually she called back to Shaw, saying:*"I think this should be enough here. Most of it is pretty surface level, but I think I've narrowed it down to one or two particular spells I'm looking for."
Garth
*He stopped in his tracks as she spoke. In his arms he held probably too many really to be considered reasonable. Almost towered to the point his face was obscured and arms shook slightly from the strain. One he heard she had enough he let out a small groan of annoyance. Comically swinging back to put the tower of books back. After a minute of dealing with that he came back to see the different piles and works she had sorted through. Looking at them with interest, mentally noting down what the titles were, though he was sure itd be long before he even started comprehending them.* "What spells?" *Face calm and collected, not wanting to seem intimidating or rude with asking what may be a personal question.* 

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Marisa
"It's a spell that's supposed to allow its user to trace any signs of used magic. I want to see if it could possibly help me track down my family. Well... If anyone had used any magic since I began my search."*She told him.*"I'm not quite sure how the spell works or if there's a duration for how long it lasts. My knowledge in magic is pretty limited."*As she spoke, she held out a hand which began to cover itself in a golden light. The centaur watched the light dance in her palm for a while before she suddenly closed it in realization of something.*"Oh. I've been having you run all about this place without even getting your name first. I'm Melody."*She said, holding the golden hand out before realizing it was still glowing and soon shaking the light away.*"Oops. Nearly forgot about that."*She held out her hand once more in greeting.*"Melody Vander. What may I call you?"
Garth
*Resting his chin in his hand he listened on to what she had to say. He was surprised by the story, it was a sad tale to loose track of ones family. He couldn't help but let a small frown to form on his face. Though such an expression quickly vanished and changed into one of wonderment as he looked on joyfully at the dancing magic light. He was quite amazed at seeing such things. He almost seemed entranced by the show of magic until she decided to introduce herself. He chuckled, glad to finally hear her name. He was begging to wonder, he went to go shake her hand as she offered, not even bothering to question the still glowing light, pausing to let her get rid of it before finally shaking her hand. Another small laugh escapes him before he speaks* "Shaw" *Short, single syllabled and simple. Rather like him at times.* "Well met. May you succeed" *He tried to sound genuine with that last part. Conveying a hopeful message with his tone.*
Marisa
"That's the plan anyways. Nearly lost hope for a moment, but thankfully a friend reminded me of the other options there were."*She said, crossing her arms a bit. The centaur gazed back at the Elf, a bit more curious of him with the simplistic name.*"You from around here Shaw?"*She asked him.*"I know a lot of people have been moving in and out of Mentia lately with everything. But I hardly had much time to sit down and talk really."*The Centaur glanced over to an open chair, pulling it over and pausing for a brief moment as if considering the awkwardness in trying to sit down. The golden glow returned to her body, this time illuminating her legs and the rest of her back half until it had completely vanished altogether, now replacing itself with normal human legs as she eventually took a seat. A deer-patterned skirt replaced the space between her two halves, allowing her to appear more modest of it all.*
Garth
*He seemed surprised by the questions, as if it was an odd thing for him to be asked them. He thought for a moment before pointing north west.* "Middle Mentia... Home" *He smiled at saying it all, though a familiar tone of longing would be heard by Meldoy. As if he felt a tad home sick when thinking about the place. He took out a map from his pocket and unfolded it. Laying it out in front of Melody. It was a small map of Middle Mentia, he pointed to the city Wushjik before trailing his finger about an inch to the east. A large forest was there. Its here that he tapped his finger twice as if confirming the location. It seems this Silnari lives in a forest. Not a surprise given his Scralian features.* 

*Once he'd done that he thought on other things. Notably he looked down at the deer-patterned skirt. A little surprised by such magics. Though he chuckled and seemed impressed.* "Nature magic?"
Marisa
*Melody gazed at the map, following his hand as he pointed out where his home was. At first she was going to wave off the need for the map with her being in the general area, but seeing as he considered the forest home, she gave a tilt of her head.*"Forest, huh? Strange, I always though that most Scralians were from Ombu. It is quite a ways away from here though."*At his passing glance, she crossed one leg over the other, listening to the question that followed.*"Transformation actually."*She said to answer him.*"I've kind of picked up on it during my training. Never really read much into the other schools, but transformation magic comes from a secondary school of sorts. I'll admit I play around with it sometimes, but it has its different uses. After all, it's not all I can do."
Garth
"My parents came here long ago" *He shrugged. The thought about being a scralian in Mentia certainly seemed like a topic he'd discussed before. Though he also seemed a tad uncomfortable on the subject. Subconsciously a hand brushes his hair to cover over his ears. The tips still poking out but the majority now concealed by his hair. Doing this as if wanting to hide his Silnari ears.* 

*He nodded along on the transformation magic story. Interested seemingly in most of all the fact its magic obviously* "Hmm... Shame its not nature... T-tell me more" *Grimacing slightly at the small stutter that came from that longer sentence he coughs into his hand as if to move on from that.*