Now You Listin Here Dang It All

[Kaylee Ekhardt]

"Eeeeep" she squealed hoping back and forth like she was playing hop scotch or was some sort of pink and fluffy Easter bunny hoping down the bunny trail as the books above her fell from their respective shelf. Sure she had collided with it...but still it had no right to attack her like such...I mean was it her fault that she was a total klutz? No.It was not. And to be rebelled against my her darling books who she watched over as if they were her own kids...tragic.

"ouch" she whined lightly giggling as she misjudged the angularity of one of the falling books and...shwack...right on her pretty little blond noggin. She stared then at the mess the flailing and fluttering books had made and scrunched her nose in disgust..."Ugh" she sighed and flopped to the floor scrambling to gather books trying to make a little pile randomly getting pre-occupied by titles she recognized...what order had they been in again?

She heard the bell ring on the door, yup she'd been a bugger and attached a little bell so if she was zoned out and off in Never never land she wouldn't have to worry about the Headmaster waltzing in and firing her or something...she liked knowing when someone came in, but it had been rather the quiet day so the arrival was odd buts he payed it no mind still on her hands and knees scrambling to gather the mass of books currently sprawled about the floor hoping no damage had done to them...or to herself. "Ouch" she chimed lightly as one last book fell from the shelf as some sort of after-shock reaction and landed on her hand. She glared at the book momentarily contemplating on burning it for it's crime but realizing she hadn't the heart to do such a thing...

[Abe Cohen]

Abe yawned as he walked down Hogwart's halls in pursuit of the school's library, covering his mouth politely though it didn't keep the students from staring at him as they passed. Students always did that whenever he came into the castle's walls. While they were dressed up in their monkey suits with pressed pants and ties, Abe was a free man. He wore comfortable jeans with a little dirt on the knees, a thin-striped button down shirt, and no more adornment than a leather wrist band embellished with his old house, Ravenclaw, on one wrist and a fancy watch on the other. If you counted such features as temperature, weather, and waterproofing fancy. Abe did.

One student, a Slytherin girl with the most dainty blonde pigtails Abe had ever seen, looked sincerely frightened as he passed. What, hadn't the girl ever seen a real human being before? Screwing his face up like a truly disturbed man, Abe lunged at her as he passed, leering at the girl and putting his fingers out like claws, grabbing for her. Instantly, the blonde waif screeched and dropped her books, fleeing with the other girls that had been following her in tow, all of which looking white as a pack of ghosts.

"Hahahahaha..." A low chuckle escaped Abe's throat as he replaced the evil leer with a look of pure joy and amusement. A few Gryffindors he'd once hosted for detention waved at him, apparently approving, and Abe waved back, winking at them while he entered the library.

"Aw, man." The twinkle of the little bell overhead took all the joy out of Abe's face, making him cover his ears and wince. Dear lord, what was that? Staring upwards, Abe squinted at the offending instrument. That definitely wasn't there when he went here. Then again, Abe had no need for this library in months... man, it was annoying. If he was going to be coming in here more often then that thing was coming out...

Sighing, Abe cooled his jets, so to speak, and ran a hand through his hair, approaching the reference desk. He really didn't want to linger here for too long. The library with all of it's artificial lighting and... confinement, he supposed, made him nervous. Abe didn't light to spend too much time in this school, it really psyched him out... god only knew how he survived seven years here as a student.

"Hello?" Abe called out, tapping the little bell on the counter and immediately wincing again. Man, what was it with these bells? Wouldn't a buzzer be just as nice? "Hey, anyone working in here?"

Abe turned as he heard some commotion coming from the stacks. A thump and then a soft, feminine 'ouch.' The librarian? Abe did hear that she was a female, but he hadn't heard much else. For his part, Abe tended to avoid too much interaction with the people up here, so he wasn't really sure. Seeing no one else around, however, Abe, sighed and tucked his hands into his pockets, approaching the shelves with what he helped was a friendly face.

"Hey, miss...? Oh." He quickly found the librarian and painted a wide smile all across his face. Wow, Abe wasn't sure what to react to first. On one hand, the librarian was neither old nor wrinkly as he expected. On the other hand, she appeared to have some sort of a disaster on her hands. Laughing to himself, Abe took his hands out of his pockets and reached for her books, "Here, let me help you. You look like you're in need of a few extra hands."

[Kaylee Ekhardt]

Despite the bell and the fact that it was so quiet you could rather hear a pin drop she hadn't really registered the presence of anyone. She was engrossed with her fumbling hands managing to pull up a couple of the books into her arms and place them appropriately on one of the shelves that had flooded onto the floor. Even when he was directly beside her, his words didn't register...she heard them but for some reason she didn't seem to think them directed to her.

She jumped slightly, a knee-jerk reaction when he swooped down to help her, caught entirely of guard by him being rather the easily startled soul that she was. "Eeep" she squealed lightly but laughed upon realizing that he meant her no harm and was simply helping her, his last utterance now registering with her as a sort of late reaction. "Oh, thanks a bundle" she chimed smiling warmly now that hear heart had gotten a chance to restart properly from her minor heart attack. "Had rather the avalanche of books a few moments ago" she added casually and swooping back down to grab a couple more books and hoist them p in her arms and distribute them appropriately upon the shelves, she had no intentions of telling him why there had been such, unless he asked...then she supposed she'd be doomed to answer. She was a horrid liar so when it boiled down to it she always ended up spinning her embarrassing tales. He would probably think her rather loony, ah well...she supposed she was a bit so.

Realizing as she swooped back down her hands fluttering around the mass of books sprawled here and there that he hadn't just randomly waltzed in, most came into the library with a purpose and since he had indeed been speaking to her earlier and not someone else the hey miss...suggested he had a question for her and she glanced over at him "Well now that your helping me" she trailed off a bit "Is there anything I can help you with? I assume you don't have some clumsy girl in need of help radar about you and that you actually came in here for a reason" her usual warm and semi-playful smile dancing across her features like wildfire and she straightened herself up yet again placing an armful of books back onto their respective shelf.

[Abe Cohen]

Her squeal of fright made Abe laugh, taking the books away from her and beginning to reshelve them. 'Thanks a bundle,' she said, and Abe grinned from ear to ear, replacing each book in its proper spot according to the letters and numbers on its spine.

"Don't even mention it... an avalanche, you say? Sounds serious. What happened, did the Abominable Book Monster come charging through here or something?" Chuckling to himself again (Abe couldn't help it, he spent about 75% of his time awake in laughter), he reached down and picked up a new armful of books, trying to catch the Librarian's glance on his way up. She was a funny woman, wasn't she? Definitely beautiful, but she was sort of clumsy and worked here in the Library, all alone. It was just sort of interesting to him that a girl so beautiful spent her whole day doing this, and apparently having some trouble with it. Ahh, women these days. You could never tell what they were thinking.

"Wow, so many of these things... it's a miracle you came out unscathed. And with these pointy corners too..." Abe fingered one of the corners briefly, making a face when he imagined such a thing coming down on his head. It made his skull ache just to think about it. Slipping the last of the books back onto the shelf, Abe collected the few that were left on the ground and began to find their place.

"Hahaha," He turned his face to Kaylee, his dark eyes suddenly lighting up with a familiar mischievous twinkle. "Actually, I do have radar for Damsels in Distress, beautiful ladies like yourself who find themselves in precarious situations... I must admit, when my radar went off I was expecting something more exciting, like a Dragon or a Mad Hippogriff, not a pile of books, but I'll take any adventure I can get..."

Snickering, Abe stuck the rest of the books on the shelf and stepped away from it, his spirits suddenly soaring much higher than they were when he walked into the library. At least this woman was a friendly soul.

"Actually," he admitted, scratching the back of his neck absently, "I'm not sure what I'm looking for. I ran into this creature out in the forest today... I'm the Gameskeeper," Abe filled her in, "And I've just never seen anything like it. It's like a reptile, but it's the largest lizard I've ever seen... uh, It's about the length of two of me," he laughed, "And I just have no idea what it is. I was sort of hoping you could help me. It's beautiful, no doubt, but that thing has fangs and I don't know if it's safe to have around the kids."

[Kaylee Ekhardt]

She couldn't help but laugh at him "Gasp! How did you know" she asked her tone playfully shocked and her face appropriately matching. However her little charade didn't lat long, not long at all...she was a horrid actress for the simple reason that she always busted into a fit of giggles anytime she tried to play it 'cool'. A warm and gentle blush crept across her peachy cheeks as she explained what actually caused the incident "I was actually erm..." she paused and laughed shaking her head at the image now dancing ion her head "I was doing some much needed cleaning in the restricted section and a " she paused again sighing lightly as she admitted why she'd run into the book shelf " a mouse crept out from god knows where and chased me out here, I had turned and was backing away to make sure it wasn't still pursuing me with intentions of having me for super when I ran smack dab into the bookcase here" she patted it lightly as if apologetically.

She casted a quick glance at the hand that the book had attacked a bit earlier "Well I didn't escape one hundred percent scotch free but years of quidditch keeps your senses sharp" she winked playfully at him and then glanced down to realize he had just put the last of the books on the shelf, boy was she glad that was taken care of.

She yet again couldn't help but laugh, she herself was normally rather the giggly soul but his laugh was especially contagious and it was nice to see someone around here had a sense of humor. Handsome, Nice, and a sense of humor, hmm. "Oh do you now?" she asked raising a playful eyebrow "Well what an interesting gift that is"she grinned "Sorry to disappoint you, not very action packed helping little 'Ol me re-shelve a couple possessed books, though to the contrary there are a few dragons and whatnot at hand, just in the pages not really able to cause much harm" she trailed off her eyes gleaming "Could go mouse hunting if you wish...that bugger is probably still around here somewhere" she looked around as she said that bit...

She nodded as he rambled off a bit explaining why exactly he had ventured into the Library and his encounter, gameskeeper eh? well that answered her question. her position being rather obvious of course. "Hmm sounds interesting" she rotated on her heal "Very interesting indeed, I do believe I can be of some help" she glanced over her shoulder "If you follow me" she waltzed around the corner of the book shelf taking a couple paces towards a shelf about two down from the one they'd just been in front of "Would be tragic if the students were to be gobbled up by some giant lizard, think I myself will avoid my usual walk about" she added, well unless they figured out what it was, as now she herself was rather curious...

She halted in front of one shelf running her finger along the bindings in pursuit of one she recalled from a bit back which had a rather extensive listing of magical creatures, and was well pictured, so he could most likely flip through and find what he was looking through...the world of magical creatures was rather vast... "Aha" she chimed triumphantly pulling the book that entailed a rather intricate list of amphibious magical creatures. "Voolia. this should be of some use" she nodded rather positive as she turned back to him "You can bring it up front and take a look if you wish, as if it isn't in there..." she paused glancing back at the books...ah yes there were indeed a few other possibilities "I know a couple others that would most definitely be of service, if that one serves inadequate" She sauntered back to her front desk the book still in hand but gently tossing it on the smooth top of her counter and walking behind it to stand opposite of the man "I'd help you look but since you've actually seen the creature, and I haven't...." she trailed off a bit realizing an explanation probably wasn't necessary...

"I'm Kaylee by the way" she chimed warmly and casually, realizing she didn't know the man's name, and vise versa.

[Abe Cohen]

Abe's grin grew throughout Kaylee's explanation until he started laughing, shaking his head at her story of the mouse and the bookshelves. This woman was quite a breath of fresh air around here, wasn't she? Everyone Abe ran into around this school was so serious - so buttoned-up and downright proper. At least she could admit her mistakes, with some humor too. Abe might have to be making some more trips to the Library.

"A mouse, huh?" He laughed, leaning up against the book case and folding his arms over his chest, fixing his chin in a tough-guy manner. "Those things are mighty dangerous, Miss. Luckily for you I am an expert mouse catcher... and fearless too. I can take care of your pest if you'd like... for a small fee." Abe winked. She was a Quidditch player too, huh? But afraid of mice? He was slowly falling in love with this funny Librarian.

"Following." Abe chimed in, watching Kaylee wander off. He tucked his hands into his pockets casually and set off after her, letting her guide him around the stacks of books. Certainly she knew much better than he did where things were located around here. "I don't know, there are a few students I wouldn't mind seeing be eaten by a giant lizard... Maybe I should take my time in discovering this creature's identity and send some kids down there for detention instead."

Abe mused aloud, mostly joking, while Kaylee perused the books. He smirked to himself, imagining a few key Slytherins and Hufflepuffs begging for their lives while they were torn limb from limb in the depths of the forest... wouldn't that be a nice day. Humming a jaunty tune, he turned his eyes back on Kaylee while she poked around the volumes and finally pulled a rather hefty one out.

"Wow," was all he could say, peeking over her shoulder at the title. "That'll do it."

Abe followed Kaylee up to her desk, at first starting to follow her around to the Librarian's side and then realizing, halfway through his maneuver, that he was going the wrong way. Grinning, Abe walked back around to his side of the wood and flipped the book open, consulting the contents for an indication of where to start.

"No problem. All I know is that it's about as long as two of me, much wider but definitely lean for its size, it's got fangs like a saber tooth tiger... uh, and it's bright pink." Abe chuckled to himself, finding a section specifically for giant lizzards and flipping straight to those pages. There weren't too many so hopefully this wouldn't take too long. Using the illustrations as a guide, he began to flip through, trying to quickly find the one he was interested in.

"Kaylee? Wow, I'm sorry, that was really rude of me." Snapping his head up, Abe realized that he was going to put an engagement ring on this girl's finger and he hadn't even asked for her name yet. Laughing at himself, Abe reached across the desk and went to shake her hand.

"It's nice to meet you, Kaylee. My name's Abram, but most people just call me Abe."

[Kaylee Ekhardt]

"Oh would you?" she chimed playfully mustering up as much a girly exasperated tone as she could "Really? that would be ever so darling" she laughed, well actually it would be rather sweet if he did, her luck, the darn thing would magically re-appear later one and she'd have a whole nother catastrophe on her hands "Oh, a price eh?" she asked grinning "and what would that be?"

She laughed "Well as long as none of those darling Ravenclaws get gobbled up" she paused "because then me and these here pythons may have to do a little but kicking" she winked playfully, she was in all actuality about as intimidating as a kitten. Though she'd admit there were a few Slytherins she'd glady send into the forest, num num num says the giant lizard. She laughed at herself, her usual dimples etching into place and then smiled back over at him.

"Bright pink?" she echoed with sheer amusement, something so big...with giant razor sharp threatening teeth, and it was bright pink, in her mind that was a bit of a killjoy to the creepy factor of the creature. Unless, that was the point, it's color made you doubt it's danger factor and wheeled you in so It could gobble you up, eep, okay every bit as creepy as she had previously thought...probably a bit more so now, what a diabolical creature.

She laughed "Not rude at all silly" she chimed reaching her hand to meet his and gently shaking it "Nice to meet you as well Abe" she glanced over as he looked through the book, curiosity was a key trait she'd admit she that side of her creep out rather often, but curiosity was healthy as long as you didn't go around badgering people with your nose in their business, that was the more inappropriate sort of curious and luckily she wasn't like that, her curiosity layed more in 'hmm I wonder' category...which sometimes lead to little experimentation and itsy bitsy accidents...

[Abe Cohen]

"Oh, nothing too expensive..." Abe said casually of the little 'price' he'd mentioned a few moments ago. A smirk crossed his lips as he flipped the pages in the book Kaylee gave him, "Just a drink or two with a pretty lady." Glancing up briefly, Abe grinned and turned his eyes back onto the book. Just one more flip of the page and there she was - that lizard depicted in a photograph that consumed the entire page.

"Gotcha." Abe breathed, fingering the photo. The creature stood about six feet high and was approximately fourteen feet long on this photograph, placed next to a man for proportion's sake. It had to be horribly restrained for the taking of the picture - the hot pink lizard thrashed against its bonds, baring its long teeth and raising its head to the sky in a silent roar. Making a small 'hmm'ing noise, Abe perused the information on the lizard.

"Don't underestimate him just because he's pink. Some of the most vicious creatures out there, especially when it comes to reptiles, are brightly coloured as a warning to predators - they're supposed to be highly venomous. This one, the 'Cinnamon-Tailed Dragon,'" Abe slid the book around for Kaylee to get a look, quickly transforming into a more professional, knowledgeable Abe, "Can kill a large man within two minutes of being bitten... funny though, they're native to South America. I can't imagine how this girl got all the way up here, as cold and miserable as it is... hmmm..."

Abe pulled the book back after Kaylee had gotten a look. He was a silly guy and often pretended that he didn't have a care in the world. In fact, most people mistook him for having fluff for brains. But this sort of stuff worried and also intrigued him. How did this lizard get all the way up here, and how was he going to catch it? Certainly it couldn't go roaming the forest for long, killing the other creatures too... perhaps he could get the Centaurs to take care of this. They didn't like invasions into the forest any more than Abe did.

"Ah, well." He snapped the book shut and replaced his concerned frown with a smile. "At least I know what it is now. I'll take care of it... as much as I don't like Slytherins, I feel like this would be a pretty cruel way to die. Better to just push them off the Astronomy tower or something." Chuckling, Abe slid the book back to Kaylee. She was the Librarian, right? She'd know what to do with it.

"Did I understand you correctly? You were a Ravenclaw?" Abe grinned, forgetting about the lizard for a moment. It made sense, didn't it? Smart, funny, totally gorgeous. Everyone knew Ravenclaw girls were the best. "What a coincidence, me too. Two Ravenclaws meeting in the Library over books.... how very stereotypical of us."

[Kaylee Ekhardt]

She grinned and laughed "Oh well that" she paused "I think I can manage" she winked at him playfully and smiled when he erupted with his triumphant 'gotcha' and just as she was going to ask to see he turned the book around so that she could "Whoaaaa" she chimed as her gaze fell upon it and she repeated the name aloud but to herself at the same time "Cinnamon-Tailed Dragon'' she nodded when he confirmed her thoughts about the color, yup even creepier...well especially now that she knew it was deadly...

"Eep" she squealed lightly and then agreeing "That is rather odd though" she herself pondered for a moment why on earth it would be around here for but she felt the need to intervene with his statement "Heeeey it isn't cold and miserable, cold means snow and how can you be miserable with a campus covered in white fluff?" she was rather the fan of winter, not only was it a beautiful season but also a ton of fun, never too old for snow ball fights or sleigh rides and snow men, and though she was the clumsy soul she always risked her life and dared to go ice skating at least once. She didn't ahve much coordination and ice skating required a good bit of it, she usually ended up in the wing with some minor injury but it was still fun nonetheless and in her mind, totally worth it.

She laughed "Hmm I suppose even for Slytherins that is a tough way to die, Astronomy tower would do, but perhaps a little 'accident' in the dungeons would work as well' she smiled as of course she was merely joking, she wasn't fond of a few of them but she'd never actually kill any of them or be happy if they died or anything along those lines...nope she couldn't hurt a fly when push came to shove....

She took the book and gently tossed it in the returns, not really feeling like she wanted to waltz back there and put it in it's place at the moment, it could wait until alter when she put all the returns back. It was technically a return anyways rightyo? he had borrowed it, if even just for a bit and even if he had just flipped through it right at her desk, yup technically it was a return so she really wasn't being all that lazy about it.

A warm mile wide smile danced across her face "Yea you understood correctly I'm a Ravenclaw Alumi" and then her face practically lit up "Really?" she chimed questionably but more rhetorically then anything "That is rather funny" she admitted "Typical Ravenclaws" she giggled shaking her head and glancing at him for a moment, well she supposed she should have guessed really, he seemed rather the smart cookie, on the witty side, and handsome as well...

"So any Ideas on how your going to get ride of her?" she asked casually still a bit curious about the creature...though he could probably get a hold of some magical creature rehabilitation agency or something along those lines to come and get her and then she was randomly reminded of her mouse issue and she leaned across the counter glancing around Abe to make sure the critter wasn't anywhere near her...seemed silly being afraid of something so small and seemingly harmless but Kaylee was convinced they were merely seemingly harmless and that there was more to them then those little whiskers fo theirs....

[Abe Cohen]

"Winter is definitely pretty to look at," Abe grinned at Kaylee's sudden defense of the season, "But it's very cold and not too pleasant to be outdoors in. It's alright.... I can't live with it, but I'm a Summer man myself. I don't like to stay inside and, to me, with hot sun, long days, and the ability to spend all of your time from dawn to dusk swimming in the Lake... Summer's my favourite time of the year. But then again, I've never backed down from a good snowball fight, so I shouldn't really complain about our weather..."

"Yep, typical Ravenclaws." Abe smiled, tucking his hands into his pockets and looking a little more relaxed again. "We just can't help but be drawn to books, huh? If the school was burning down I bet all of the other houses would have the common sense to save themselves while we'd be running to the library to rescue the books..." Chuckling to himself, Abe put a few moments of thought into Kaylee's next question.

"Well, obviously I can't leave her to roam the grounds. I bet the poor girl's a little scared right now because I'm almost certain that she didn't get here by herself... most likely she was smuggled in..." Abe frowned. He disapproved of smugglers on so many levels. "But eventually she'll get up her courage and will probably start coming closer to the school grounds. I have a pretty good relationship with the Centaurs out there and I'm willing to bet that they've heard about this creature and are trying to get rid of it on their own, so most likely I'll go speak to them about her and we can set up a plan for them to capture the big thing. From there the Ministry of Magic should be more than happy to escort her back to her home country... it's just perplexing to imagine how she got here in the first place... hmmm..."

He looked lost in thought for a moment, rummaging through the many ways the lizard could have gotten here and why, when Abe noticed Kaylee leaning over the counter. Following her erratic gaze, he suddenly laughed and threw a hand up.

"Right! Your mouse! Much more important than some big pink lizard right now. Tell me, do you have something tasty like a cracker or a piece of cheese around here? If I can lure your mouse out then I'm pretty sure I can catch him."

[Kaylee Ekhardt]

"Yea summer is nice as well" she agreed "I seem to find more to do during the winter oddly enough," she paused "Plus I love warming up by the fire with a big whopping cup of hot chocolate after being outside in the cold all day" she smiled "But I like the summer too, just not as much, it's nice for taking walks and going swimming" and er...there were other things like picnics, she was a bigger fan of summer when she was a student and a Qudditch player...

She laughed "I could see that, especially me" she laughed again grinning as she added "Captain has to go down with their ship, ya know"

She nodded as he trailed off, his reasoning...well plan of action made a heck of a lot more sense then her own "Oh okay, that is cool, that you have connection" she thought she sounded a bit lame at the moment but she was genuinely curious, and now rather relieved. She sneered at the idea of the poor thing being smuggled in, the idea bugged her, people were so grr sometimes. She pushed those thoughts aside hoping there was some other reasoning behind the random appearance of the creature.

She laughed reclining from her lean and thinking for a minute "Erm....hold on" she chimed and swooped down behind the counter out of sight as she rummaged and rattled about the shelves...well there was her hand sanitizer, random box of tissues, bottle of water that she'd gotten bored and painted one day to look a bit like she was drinking from the ocean...well she'd thought water and painted it accordingly, she was a bit easily amused. There were a couple other random things along with the book she was currently reading but finally she did find the box of cheese its she's been nibbling on a bit ago and she popped back up from behind her desk "Voolia" she chimed "Here you go solider" she smiled laughing lightly her blue eyes gleaming.

[Abe Cohen]

Abe chuckled as Kaylee suddenly disappeared behind her counter, looking for something to help him lure the mouse out with. It sounded like she was pretty busy down there and Abe started to get worried after a few moments. Hmm, maybe he'd have to go down to the kitchens and 'borrow' something from the house elves instead. But just as the thought crossed his mind Kaylee reappeared with a box of cheese-its in her hand.

"Great!" Abe grinned and took the box, tipping his imaginary hat to Kaylee in the process. "Thank you kindly, madam."

Turning on his heel, Abe walked a few paces into the bookshelves and disappeared for a moment down that path they'd followed. Behind the shelves he laid a thin trail of crumbs that Abe created by crunching the snacks up in his fist. Abe laid the trail just around the corner of the book case and then surveyed it, seeing it fit.

"O-okay." Turning around again, Abe smirked and pulled the bag out of the cheez-it box. Wagging his finger at Kaylee, he beckoned her over to him while Abe took his seat next to the bookshelf, close to where his trail ended. Humming a little tune, Abe handed the bag of snacks to Kaylee and watched the end of the trail very carefully.

"Now," Abe announced, squaring his eyes onto the place where he expected the mouse, "We wait."

[Kaylee Ekhardt]

She laughed playfully rolling her eyes as he tipped his non-existent hat and called her...madam. Ick. For some reason that term always made her feel so snobbish, as in her mind it was something a butler or servant would say. At least he didn't call her Miss Eckhardt, then she'd have to correct him...that was her mother and when called it herself she felt rather...ancient.

Kaylee watched as Abe disappeared making a trail of the crunched cheese it crackers as he went. She leaned over the counter and peeked around the corner to see where exactly he was going and just then she heard him chime and 'okay' and saw him beckon her over. She cringed slightly...wasn't that path going to lead the mouse directly to where he was? Ugh. She was trying to avoid the mouse. Then again she really was being a big wimp about this whole ordeal and there was no need for her to make any more of a fuss, or give Abe any more of a reason to laugh at her.

She sauntered out from behind the counter and followed the trail back to where Abe was "Well dang it all, your rather the smart cookie mister" she chimed playfully grinning and then plopping down gently next to Abe and taking the bag as it was handed to her taking a handful of what was left and nibbling on them then turning the bag offeringly towards Abe "Want any?" she asked giggling lightly as she felt a bit silly sitting on the floor of her Library staring at a trail of cheese its and snacking... "Wait, huh?" she asked pursing her lips and then adding playfully "I think I can manage that much" she nodded nibbling yet again on a few of the cheese its...now that she thought about it, she hadn't had lunch yet today. She'd have to saunter down to the great hall or perhaps into town after Abe left, she definitely couldn't leave knowing there was a ferocious beast...i.e. the mouse...in the Library.