The setting was the Library of All Things. There, I found myself wearing a neat cape-style dress, the uniform of a librarian.
“What’s this? Who changed my clothes again? And who braided my hair?”
I couldn’t find a single rational explanation. Thanks to that, I quickly figured out what was going on.
“This is a dream.”
Though it felt as vivid as reality, there were telltale dreamlike qualities upon closer inspection. For example, the book titles blurred into a hazy mess, as if shrouded in fog, whenever I tried to focus on them.
It was definitely a dream. Just as I came to that conclusion—
“You’re finally here. You’re late, you know.”
“Huh?!”
With a loud thud, Elantia set a stack of books down beside me and spoke.
Looking around, I noticed that books were piled up in towers taller than me, scattered all over the place. At this rate, they’d soon form walls.
Just as I thought I might…