<div class="floatright">(http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/7056/asukatoyamato.jpg)</div><br/>Not too long after the test, Asuka ended up heading down to the library.  It wasn't entirely because of wanting to get another glimpse of that girl: she had a lot of studying that she was supposed to catch up on.<br/><br/>Beyond that, however, she had a few thoughts that were bugging her attention.  Even as she opened up the books, the prospect just didn't seem to want to let her concentrate, so she got up from her seat to grab another book.  After she handled that, she promised herself that she'd get some real studying in.<br/><br/>It was a simple enough matter to find a book on slugs, and from there, she started reading through to find the bits about salt.  Just why were slugs damaged by salt?  What was going on with that?  Maybe if she could handle that issue, she could come to understand what had to be done about the Noise.