walked over to the alley. When she saw the books strewn all over the floor she straightened her arms down her sides and clenched her fists with rage.
“This is imposssssible. Why would someone do that?”
she hissed.
“You didn't need to do THAT,” Paidia grumbled in Gelio's ear. Gelio just made a grimace as if to say: 'It worked, didn't it?' Amartia looked at Muko and shrugged as if she was indifferent to the whole situation. Muko, however, was quick to seize the opportunity. He looked at Paidia and put his finger to his lips to silence her, then mimed that he wanted her to show him how to use the catalogue.
They all approached the catalogue and Paidia opened one of the drawers. Inside were hundreds of small cards standing on their edges. Each one bore the name of a book and some symbols. The first one they looked at had the title:
'The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art' followed by 'S.111.Theta.D.20'.
Paidia quickly flicked through the cards and read another one at random: