To be fair, Rutile's gait is pretty unmistakeable; it's not every day you hear stone walking across stone, though they try to keep silent out of respect for the library atmosphere.

"I have a great deal of time on my hands," Rutile points out, tongue in cheek, "but I am glad of the suggestion. A basic overview would be helpful. My particular interest is in the Dreaming, which I'm sure is quite common for Dreamfolk."

In fact, the librarian seems to be Dreamfolk as well; it took only a little while to realize that humans are not the dominant species in Aifaran.