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[stresspoint]

Pardon me for interrupting, but I have something that needs to be said.

[ He's polite enough, standing out in the common area, but Nanami has a very serious expression on. Extra serious today, since he's holding one of the sad, worn real paper books in his hand. Considering he's made his appearance resemble a suit, he could pass for someone's stern PA. ]

The library on the premises is in need of more care, but it's still functional. The books in this world are mostly digital, so items like this should be considered rare specimens. Even though they aren't common in daily use, they're valuable you should look at them as precious antiques. Treat them as such. And YET-

[ He opens the book to reveal some heavy line scrawls over the page. Someone was apparently treating this as free paper for doodle practice! ...or map-making, sure, but doodle practice to him. ]

This item is an example of traditional printing methods that began over a thousand years ago. In this age, these techniques are already practically lost arts.

I would deeply appreciate if everyone would respect the library and leave it intact. I understand that the appearance isn't very inviting, but I will attend to that part personally. Please don't make things difficult for me.

[ Okay, maybe the PA of some gangster. Nanami does nod, though. ]

Thank you for cooperating.

[ And now with that out of the way, still riding a very serious wave: ]

Itadori-kun. I need a word in private.

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[stresspoint]

[He holds Ren's grip for a bit just to emphasize his point. Yes, he said he would let him see, but Nanami is jaded enough to want to spell out the terms again, not trusting that there won't be some catch or loophole down the line. He does accept Ren's words, though, so there's still some trust being given despite everything he says. Part of him can't help but trust others the way he wants to be trusted.]

But you still shouldn't harm other property for the sake of your own goals. No matter what it is, it won't be worth destroying someone else's dream.

[That said, he does understand the scarcity of resources.]

Will you use packaging if I salvage that?

[He's too serious about everything, but he's trying to compromise.]

[1797]

[The prolonged grip gets a raised eyebrow; Ren isn't above catches or loopholes...but he is willing to play fair so long as whoever he's made a deal with is also playing fair. Even if they're decidedly not on the same page (lol) as what qualifies as destroying someone else's dream; defacing mass-produced paperbacks is just not something Ren can take too seriously in the broader scale of his life, especially when it's been digitized.

But he suspects Yusuke would get it. And that's why he doesn't argue.]

Depends on the packaging? [His first thought is of snack packaging...] The more paper-like material would work in a pinch, even if doesn't really feel the same when you write on it.

[It's workable, at least, when his boss mostly lectures him about his maps' proportions; Ren's no artist, but he has talent as a copycat.]

[stresspoint]

[ It's definitely a different perspective on what counts as representing a dream, and Nanami is a more serious and sensitive than many of the people he works with, but that also means he empathizes with Ren's need for paper. For whatever reason it is. He's not really sure what the lines mean--they resemble a map, but what he's charting, Nanami can't guess. But it also doesn't matter. That's Ren's business too. ]

All right. I'll leave you the books I'm finished looking through.

[ And scrap paper items when he can find them, because he's like that. ]

I'll put them at the entrance for you.