Not really. There was a smart way to go about it, and I kind of. Ignored said smart way.[The book was a collection of stories about Kon's ancestors, and so it holds a lot more weight for him than any other book in existence.

Which was why he so wasn't thinking about it rationally when he should've been.]

Yeah. Don't know how else to explain her powers - she used a forcefield an' stuff to keep me in. I would've had it in my hands were they not around for some reason or another. [He's also aware of how much he sounds like a supervillain.] Figures even their small towns have local heroes.