Where all Knowledge is stored.

"Here we are," You tell her.

"What is this place?" she asks.

You smile at her.

"Well, I could just tell you," you say as you float down, "but why ruin the fun?"

Perhaps you went a bit overboard designing it. But in fairness, the first thing that popped into your head at the thought of the word "library" was the National Library of Elchea from No Game No Life. So when the final product turned into basically that, well that's hardly your fault isn't it?

You guide her to the front of the building to the grand entryway you designed. A 20 foot tall set of double-doors towers over you both, inlaid with scintillating and ever-changing patterns of gold and silver. Just behind you, you notice Ilyanna gulp, her gaze transfixed. A gentle hand on her shoulder snaps her out of her haze.

"Welcome," you say, sweeping your arm towards the door, "to my world."

The double doors swing open, to reveal the inside.

"Oh holy Andraste," she says.

The inside is even bigger than the already huge outside would lead one to believe. In fact, there doesn't actually appear to _be _a ceiling, the book-filled walls seeming to extend into forever. Chunks of shelves shaped into cubes float cyclically around the inside, almost like starts in a night sky.

"You like it?"

"Like it? It's incredible! I don't know where to begin!" she says, a hand brushing the hair out of her face.

You smile happily.

"I put a great deal of work into this place. Of the entire Fade, only two places exist as static points of geography. Here, and the Black City."

Out of all you had told her today, that got her attention the most.

"What? How in the world did you do that?!" she almost shouts.

"It wasn't easy, let me tell you. Time may flow differently in the Fade, but it still flows, and even here it took me centuries. Anchoring the point, giving form to the formless, and uncovering the secrets that would allow me to do so. But it was worth it."

Once again, you carry her into the air.

"I have gazed into the past and seen ancient Arlathan. I have peered into the present and understood the depths of the Qun. I have stood beside the Ancient Titans, flown with dragons, and learned secrets from all of them. I know things about the Fade that even the Fade itself has forgotten. And this is where I put it all. This is my Library,"

You turn to her.

"And I'm sharing every single bit of it with you."

You thought she'd be shocked. But instead, she smiles. In that smile you see again just how real she is. In that smile, you see again everything you wanted when you decided to come here.

"Why me?" she asks.

"Knowledge is nothing if it is not used. All of my secrets have been sitting here collecting dust for so long, and they yearn to be used. And you are going to need both them and the power they bring very soon."

"What are you talking about?" she questions, her tone growing serious.

"A great danger approaches, and you will be called to fight it. Even with all my powers, I cannot change the destiny that awaits you. But I can help you," you say, "provided you let me."

"Why wouldn't I?"

"Well... to help you in the physical world, I would need to form a connection with you. Call it a contract, or an alliance, whatever suits your taste. But... that said, the only reliable method I have for doing that is... well..."