*All of the books are easily a hundred years old, even though all of the publishing dates are far into the future...at least it seems that way. It's hard to tell, since they're all dated TC something or other. But he won't get much time to examine them, as Albedo's chosen tonight to come raid his personal library.

He doesn't ask questions when he sees someone else in his room, pawing at his collection. Without so much as a conscuious thought, his knife comes out from behind his cape and he lunges, aiming to stab clean into the spine of the unlucky intruder.*