“OBNOXIOUS?” Evlo stood up and walked between them. “I’LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT I AM A GOD, AND I WILL BANISH YOU AND YOUR FOUL-MOUTHED FRIEND TO THE NETHER WORLD BEFORE YOU KNOW IT! HMPH!”
Isaac laughed and clapped his hands. “I’m sure this is all very interesting, but. . .” He took off between the shelves. “I’m thinking that there might be something here. . .”
Hidayat leaned backwards. “You really care about this library? Now you know why I wanted to burn it.”
“Byzantium. . . the Qin Dynasty. . . all the way to Polynesia. . . Fatimids. . . maybe even Himyar?”
“. . . Are you even listening to me?”
“No, Hidayat. I am not.” He sighed. “All these events definitely happened in this world. We’re not dreaming this. It is real, but this is. . . strange.”
“. . . Is everything okay?”
“No, I’m overthinking. It’s just that. . . why have so much knowledge hauled up in a building in the middle of no where? It makes absolutely no sense. This place doesn’t feel. . . normal“