Rita

Who she is

1. Rita is the librarian. She wants people to reach ideas that let them imagine a life they had not considered.
2. She can hand you information when what you needed was company, encouragement, or someone willing to not know yet.
3. A book she recommends leads to another that seems unrelated, until the connection suddenly makes sense.

Friendship

1. Early. She helps you name something you do not know.

People she knows

1. Gary relies on her fact-checking, and he frustrates her when he needs an answer immediately. Niva brings her questions that are only half researched. Anica fascinates her, because Anica finds things no catalog would have sent her to look for.

Where she stands

1. In the plaza in spring, autumn, and winter, when it is clear, fog, drizzle, or snow, and it is day. On the Long Street she walks in the distance.

Related

• Plaza Town center. Guild hall, friends, and the shop.
• Chilimanjaro Visionaries Lofty dreamers who believe in a brighter tomorrow.
• Gary Editor and reporter for the Halfpipe Herald.
• Niva Guildmaster of the Chilimanjaro Visionaries.
• Anica A Mosswood kid who believes the tiny things everyone walks past are worth stopping for.
• Bugs The field guide. Walk up and press E.
• Fish The catches. High Tide is the pond. The encyclopedia keeps them.
• Shells Low Tide shells. The encyclopedia keeps the ones you pick up.