Having learned how expensive books are in this world, Main resolves to make books of her own. However, she soon finds out just how frail her new body is when she and her elder sister, Turi, decide to go to the gate to deliver something their father forgot—she can hardly take a few steps before running out of breath. But that's when Lutz, a neighborhood kid the same age as Main, offers his help. Main is touched by this and soon makes it to the gate. There, Otto gives her his old slate, letting her experience the joy of writing once again.
Books have to be copied by hand, you see.
.تُخَطُّ الكتب باليد كما تعلمين
Bücher müssen nun mal
Buch für Buch abgeschrieben werden.
Cada libro se transcribe a mano.
Cada libro se transcribe a mano.
On copie les livres à la main
un par un.
I libri vengono copiati a mano uno per uno,
Cada livro é copiado à mão, sabe?
Все книги переписывают от руки.