<div style="background-color:#6c9cb8; border:1px solid black; margin:10px 10px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><span style="color: #000000"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Alannah's first thought was that Asya certainly wasn't one to waste time, and she had to laugh as she quickly snatched the comb out of the girl's reach. <br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">"Ooooh, no, not so fast,"</span> she chuckled, but handed the comb to Asya none the less, as a small frown came over the girl's face. <span style="font-weight: bold">"I was thinking we start at the public library,"</span> Alannah continued, "although that's in the opposite direction from what I mentioned." Asya was quickly done examining the comb (truth be told, it wasn't a terribly interesting item), and she vaulted over the back of a chair, throwing the comb to Dimitri with a quick "catch!", before landing sideways and heavily in the seat. She grinned at Dimitri.<br/><br/>"Can't we talk her out of that library? Can't we just go swimming again? I'd like to see that ichor for myself too."<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">"I'll getcha a milkshake or somethin',"</span> Alannah said, also grinning at Dimitri. "Very pretty, huh?" She was feeling a little too pleased with herself at that smallest of compliments, she knew it, but there was no harm in that. The self-righteous voice in her head remained quiet; obviously, it had given up on trying to make her see sense. <span style="font-weight: bold">"Let's just go, all right? First we read, then I'll bribe ya,"</span> she said, grabbing her light jacket from the back of the chair Asya was occupying. It was still only March, after all, and although she never felt cold underwater, she wasn't exactly planning to <span style="font-style: italic">swim</span> to the library. <span style="font-weight: bold">"The sooner we get started, the better. I dunno about you two, but although Lola says we're not, I still feel like this is a needle-in-a-haystack type of hunt."</span></span></div></span></div>