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[stormandwind]

It catches her off-guard, because Tris hadn't expected Dillon's power to be directed at anything besides the books. Even just the edge of it has an effect. Dillon could do a lot more if he were trying.

She laughs at the books falling to the floor, even if she knows it will take her weeks to get everything shelved again, then asks, "Does your magic always feel like that?"

[orderfromchaos]

She may discover, when she looks, that the stacks they've fallen into are alphabetized - although not sorted by section or serial or anything else.

"It does when I'm being nice?" he offers, slightly sheepish.

[stormandwind]

Tris crouches to peer at one of the stacks. She scans the titles and authors, twice, then looks back up at Dillon. "These are alphabetical," she tells him so flatly that it's almost disbelieving.

"You managed to make repaired books fall to the floor alphabetically." Because why not add one more impossibility? "Thank you, Dillon."

[orderfromchaos]

"It would have been harder to make them not do that. It's just...orderly."

And that's what the power wants to do.

[stormandwind]

Tris smiles at him, but it fades after a moment.

"That takes care of the damage that can be fixed." She casts a glance around looking for the card catalog, though it's a little halfhearted.

[orderfromchaos]

"It's probably where it was," he says, without any idea of what she's actually looking for. "Or where it's supposed to be, if those are different."

[stormandwind]

"The card catalog. I'll need it to reshelve all of these." But she doesn't actually move to get it.

"I'm not the only person who works in the library. He was in here when it burned."