A friend from back home. She's been dead for... a few years now.

[He barely hesitated.] It was the most incredible feeling. Like discovering an entire world that had never been explored before. It changed my entire life, how I looked at things. [He laughed a little.] I don't even know what I'd be without it.

[...wait. Arthur. You're a librarian.]

I probably would've just... become a doctor or a lawyer, you know? Something... practical. Nobody who looked at me thought "librarian." But doing what I do affords me the opportunity to continue researching, exploring...