Manabu's mind buzzes a little when his hand is taken, fingers twitching a bit before firmly reciprocating; his face goes hot for only a moment, being coldblood, but the butterflies remain. It's not a terrible feeling, though it does daze him a little for a beat.

"Um--" He blinks out of it, looking around quickly, his voice raising maybe a bit too much for a place of study. "N-not too much! I mean--from other places, if that's what you mean. I wasn't really looking for that, I was...I was over there." He points down the aisle to a visible lower area where the walls are lined with shelves and ladders.

"Hunter journals. Diluc was showing me where they're kept. I was...I've been trying to find maps. Atlases. Stuff about outside of the city, you know?" The more he talks, the less rattled his voice is. "And when I was talking with Vira-Lorr...we figure there's a pretty good chance a lot of that stuff...it's either missing or destroyed."