Offer her the book instead.

From Create Your Own Story

You shrug, offering Kristen the book. "You can have it. I'll find another copy at a different library."

She blinks at you, looking away. "Oh, that's fine...you got to it first, after all."

"Yeah, but I bumped into you."

"And I'm terribly wounded by that," she tells you, the deadpan sarcasm hitting you in the gut. She won't be easy to convince.

"Fine. I'll keep it," you tell her, starting to walk away, before purposefully dropping the book behind you. So much for being delicate with it.

"Oh, no!" you call out to Kristen, slowly yet exaggeratedly walking away. "I forgot my book! Looks like someone else will have to take it instead!"

You smirk at her, before noticing the librarian behind her, staring directly at you, giving you the stare of death - a stare mastered to replace the common-found method of simply telling a kid to shut up, making it a lot more effective as a result.

Kristen notices this too, glancing over her shoulder at the librarian before looking back at you, suddenly scoffing and holding her mouth to stop any laughter. "If you could see how pale your face went..." she says, her own face going slightly red.

You pick up the book from the ground and slide it into the laughter-blighted neko's arms. "Ah, shut up..." you mumble, though still grinning.

She looks at the book in her arms, sighing softly. "I suppose I can take this if you insist," she exaggerates, stretching out her hand to shake. "I'm Kristen."

You take her hand, smiling. "It's a pleasure."

You decide to ask her...

• "Do you come here often?"
• "How's school going for you?"
• Don't ask her anything; tell her about yourself.

Stats & Affinity
Position	Human Student	Affinity: N/A
Status	Healthy
Location	Library
Personality	Kindly, Jokester