First floor. [ She turns in the direction of the stairs, pumped and excited to get a move on, then freezes. ]

He's somebody who works in the library. He keeps it organized, knows where everything is, does experiments, all that. He's [ saved all the librarians' lives so many times ] amazing.

[ It's a long shot, but she might as well ask. ] You... haven't seen or heard of him being around, have you? He's... older. Kind of... [ Can she say this? ] Crotchety.