( jasper, please, this is the girl who's regularly turned herself into an icicle trying to defend people. completely unaware of his frankly justified paranoia, though, mafuyu just... responds sincerely. )

Oh- there's a more upscale bookstore downtown. I could show you if you'd like? I just- um. My dad likes his fantasy books to have this sort of binding, so I thought it'd be nicer.

I do feel bad not paying, though.