[It's Uncle. In a nonexistent lifetime, anyway. In the process of putting a book back into a shelf, Hubert catches sight of Ion and ends up staring for a few seconds too long. Had something happened?
He turns back to the shelf in front of him. It's none of his business, and it'd be strange to ask after what they'd undergone in that experiment. But . . . perhaps Ion was hurt --
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He turns back to the shelf in front of him. It's none of his business, and it'd be strange to ask after what they'd undergone in that experiment. But . . . perhaps Ion was hurt --
Then he wouldn't be in the library. Hmmm.]