"There has to be one." For both their sakes. "If we can find it. I don't even remember how it showed up in the first place..."

"That's like, the world's worst flossing problem," Jake says, wincing. If the paralysis doesn't wear off, that's going to be a problem. But he hopes there's a dentist nearby, kind of problem.

"Oh, yeah, his name is Ezekiel. Extremely annoying." And another best friend. "Greatest thief I've ever seen."

He trails off, missing them fiercely for a moment. "I didn't think he would be a good Librarian. Me and Cassie, we're...experts in academia, but Ezekiel, he didn't care about that. But he's a genius too, in a way that I never expected. Knows everything and I mean everythin', about breaking into places, about artifacts, more about art than I gave him credit for..."