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“So, what do you actually do?” Tilly asked. “We’re in the business of the lost and forgotten,” Milo said. “Stories and books in particular. And sometimes lost and forgotten people too: those who need helping from one place to another, or have something to hide. People come to us because we know how to find things. And how to lose things.
And we have an excellent success rate; we can get almost anywhere with this train.” Tilly and Oskar looked at each other. Perhaps all hope of getting to the Archivists wasn’t quite lost.
“Actually, for your information, we’re up to very good,” Tilly said, awkwardly but incredibly self-righteously. “We’re trying to save bookwandering.” “What, all of it?” Milo said. “Does it need saving?” “It would seem that way,” Oskar said. “And if you’re so clued in to all
that stuff you were saying about keeping imagination in balance, then you must be aware that something’s up. How about you tell us what you know, and we’ll return the favor—see if we can’t help each other out?”
“That’s the problem,” Milo pointed out. “How do you keep the right people in charge, and who decides who the right people are? What happens when people decide on putting people like these Underwoods in charge? This mess you’re trying to fix is what happens.”
“Why did it change?” Tilly asked. “It is hard to know now, it happened by such small moments,”
Oh my god what an amazing piece of writing!
Tilly remembered what Milo had said—that book magic wasn’t a very good name for it, because it wasn’t really to do with books at all, it was to do with stories.
“As long as you promise not to die horribly if it doesn’t work,” Tilly said, looking at Will. “I won’t be responsible for killing Shakespeare.”
