By the time he finished altering the picture on the screen, she had lost interest in the process and roamed over to inspect the books lining the shelves on the far wall. There were a great number of heavy tomes that seemed to be academic in nature, with subject matter like mathematics and physics and history. There was also a vast collection of smaller paper bound books that proclaimed themselves fantasy or science fiction.

"Finished!" David's exultant cry was followed by a mechanical ...