"Well, if they do get mad, I'll pitch in to help you pay for any repairs! After all, the price of a couple locks is like, nothing compared to the cost of replacing all these books, right? I mean, I bet a lot of these can't even be replaced..."

Besides, Pilouette feels like it would be a little unfair to make Kit pay for any repairs alone, especially when she had started saving a valuable resource that everyone used all the time. Pilouette takes a deep breath, standing up just a little straighter with her now empty box as she starts out to head out the door of the apartment.

"Guess we'd better head back down. No time to waste, right?"