“A fix that sacrifices someone is no fix at all.” Brevity held still. She was aware that Probity could release the straps, allow Verve and Gaiety to hurtle into the stacks. She might be able to wrestle one, but she couldn’t keep both of them from the books. She needed Probity to see it. “The humans have destroyed enough books for their own ambition, right? I thought you told me we could be so much better than that.”

