Angela retreated to her little sanctuary once again. Things had been quite hectic lately, though everything seemed to be under control so far. She sat behind her desk, threw the packet of Chesed's coffee blend onto the surface, dismissed her assistants and surrounded herself with a shell of bookshelves.
The Library was developing quite nicely, and seemingly only gaining momentum. Chesed recently joined the ranks of Patron Librarian's properly, his floor awakening alongside him and ready to receive guests. She appreciated this gift of undoubtedly delicious coffee from him, even though due to her nature she couldn't properly taste it, at least not yet. Still, it was a welcome gesture.
"What's this, Miss Angela?" Snaust asked, curious about the bag. She was getting much more comfortable with going outside out of her small and cramped alcove, but so far that was limited almost exclusively to Angela's desk. Even now, up until this moment the little creature was sitting on its surface quite comfortably, lens-less glasses on her nose as she studiously perused a romance novel.
"This? It's coffee. I got it as a gift-" Angela stopped herself for a moment, then feeling impish she continued with a smile "-for Snaust, from my coworker, Chesed." a little white lie, perhaps, but the reaction of the snail-like girl was worth it.
"A gift... for Snaust?" she said, eyes wide and almost sparkling with wonder, before she shook her head "No, wait, Snaust doesn't know any Chesed. How did Chesed know of Snaust to give something to Snaust? And why?" she asked, and Angela had to remind herself that the creature did poses some measure of intellect after all to even ask these kinds of questions.
"Well, I may have told him about you" she continued with the harmless fabrication "-and he wanted to meet you, but was very busy with work, so he gave you a gift instead" Angela continued.
"Someone... wants to meet Snaust?" she struggled with the concept, finding it hard to believe "Is he as nice as you, Miss Angela?" she eventually asked.
"Probably a lot nicer to be honest" the director of the Library replied.
"Nope. Impossible" Snaust vehemently denied with a firm shake of her head "Miss Angela is the nicest, no doubt about it" she stated firmly, a hand-like pseudopod correcting the position of the glasses on her nose "This Snaust knows."
"If you say so" Angela replied with a smile, patting the creature gently on the head "Want me to brew the coffee for you?"
"Snaust would love it, Miss Angela!"
Snaust's Diary
Snaust got another gift today! Snaust learned that Miss Angela told her friend, Mister Chesed about Snaust, and Mister Chesed wanted to meet Snaust but sadly was busy with work but got Snaust a gift instead!
It's almost as if Snaust made another friend! Snaust hopes to meet Mister Chesed soon! Maybe Snaust will then read something to Mister Chesed and he would praise Snaust for her great reading skills and Miss Angela will feel proud of Snaust!
Snaust wasn't that happy with the coffee. It was very bitter, and Snaust hates bitter things. Still, it was a gift for Snaust personally, so Snaust smiled and drank it all anyways! It would have been very rude not to! What if Mister Chesed saw Snaust not liking his gift and got angry and stopped being friends with Snaust? Snaust would crawl back deep into her shell and be very sad!
Snaust also figured out an amazing new thing about Snaust's Diary. If Snaust concentrates and wants it very hard, words will appear on the pages even if Snaust isn't close to the book! But the further Snaust is from the Book, the more strongly Snaust must want the words to appear for it to work. Snaust tried leaving Snaust's Diary in her homely alcove and think at it strongly from Miss Angela's desk, and it worked, but was very difficult and Snaust was very tired after and had to take a long nap to recover and almost missed her reading time with Miss Angela!
