( more comfortable places... she can do that. make some more room, get some... beanbags, even if she hadn't really liked them at don's party. that should work. blankets, for the colder months... )

They're part of it. ( while the methods of getting those books compared to earlier ones are way different— ) Books were my only companions in my solitude, you could say. I read a lot, learned a lot, and decided I wanted to experience those same things.

( ...there are just more steps between "deciding to experience those things" and "being able to leave to experience those things". )

I suppose I've become extremely fond of the written word in the interim. ( no supposing about it, she has— ) What sort of work do you do back in your world that makes you such a diligent soul in the store?