[The way he speaks reminds Diana vaguely of her tutors from when she was a child, but she's less focused on his tone than on the fantastic story he's spinning for her. The Library of Alexandria alive and bursting with knowledge? It's hard for her to imagine where mankind might be now if that was true. It almost makes her want to laugh.

She can see in his eyes that he's serious, though. This isn't a tale or wishful thinking. For him, this is reality. And his last questions only make a small shudder run down her spine.]

Then that institution would hold an enormous amount of power to wield over the rest of the world. [It seems like so much.] Among other things.