Darius removed his hand from the terminal. 10 hours had come to an end, so his reading time according to his membership was up.
As a member, he was given a grace period to 'leave', but he would be expelled if he tried to touch even a single book.
On his way out, Darius intended to gather some reading credits for the time where he'd visit the restricted section and swallow the information there as well.
He raised his bracelet, only to see a slightly fatigued Miranda gazing up at him. Seeing this, Darius changed his mind and decided not to bother the AI anymore, for he couldn't muster the will to stress out his beloved daughter, even if it was just a digital copy.
He left the Great Library after assessing the layout, noting that the Restricted Access area was at the top, and there were only hard copies there, so he would have to manually read them.
