Lillikoi wrote:
Lilli was already sitting at the table. They had a giant leather-bound tome which had to be about two or three thousand pages long. It had to be quite old.
Next to it they had a journal open, which they were quite concentrated on writing in. Lilli tapped the pencil against their forehead. "But what if the cave network was supposed to be a safehouse? Like some kind of underground library?"
mikeman7918 wrote:
Mike curiously listens to what Lilli was saying while writing in the journal and asks "What are you up to? It sounds quite interesting."
"Ah! Um...." Lilli quickly shut their notebook when they noticed Mike was standing over them. "I was just writing down some ideas for my new novel," they grinned, leaning their elbow on the notebook.
Quick! Think quickly, Lilli... Their eyes caught on the tome in front of them. "I was just reading that book for inspiration. It's one of my favorite fantasy novels."
"It's kind of... steamy though," they said, blushing. "I don't think you'd be interested in it."
(BTW, they're lying. It'd be best if Mike pried further.