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a staircase which leads downward. To her front-side right and left, are rows of bookshelves in an open horseshoe-style design. It appears there is a sliding ladder for each u-shaped row, respectively. She sees a wooden balcony higher up. The dark polished wood is a direct reflection of the wood used for the bookshelves underneath. A solid black door with more strange symbols sits into the wall at Julia's immediate left. To her right, stands a room divided off by an open entryway and glass to each side. From this distance, however, Julia is unable to make out its contents. She turns her attention back in front of her.
       The balcony's stairs lie to each side of the u-style bookshelves. They curve inward to give the illusion that their purpose is to lovingly protect the horseshoe-style bookcases. The left side divides the shelves from the black door and the right serves to separate the glass room.
       Julia stops walking as her grams pauses near the stairs that lead downward. She can see what appears to be a star inside of a circle directly underneath her feet. It has been embroidered into the plush velvet carpeting of the library’s floor. A ribbon design runs across the top side of the circle with writing within. The teenager is unable to make anything of the weird words' meanings. She mentally attempts them anyway. The words, 'Gariatu Estidium Merné', sound within her mind.
     
       “Your mother spent a lot of time in here as a girl. Let me show you something,” Julia's grandmother says while heading down the staircase in front of them.
       The teen follows in silence. Upon reaching the bottom of the stairs, Julia is surprised to see a desk, bed, refrigerator, and a built-in wardrobe. There are two open doorways to the left and one to the right.
       Martha points to the furthest open doorway on the left, “That takes you to a very nice washroom. There's even a spa set up in there. Very relaxing when the muscles are tense.”
       Pointing to the other hallway on the left, Martha continues, “Back there is the kitchen. You can find all kinds of food if you feel like using the stove. There's, also, a microwave.” Martha waves her hand towards the refrigerator in the back center of the room, “Of course, there is a fridge right here stocked with ready to eat foods and drinks.”
       Martha walks towards the right entryway, “But this is where we are going right now.”
     
       Julianna follows her grams down a hallway which ends at a T-intersection. In each direction – left and right – the girl notices there are many other doors. They are each painted a different color that portrays a cheerful array in contrasts to the white eggshell painted walls. The tiled floors are beautiful with their marble look, but are not near as comfortable as the carpet upstairs.
       Martha turns left and stops at the first door to the left. It is whiter than the walls, but does not give any color to the hallway like the rest of the doors do. The woman turns the doorknob and pushes open the wooden door. She looks over at Julianna while reaching into the dark room, “All of the light switches down here are located on the right side as you walk in.”
      
       click.
     
       Light fills the darkness. Martha extends her right arm towards the open room, “After you.”
       The teen looks at her grams before stepping into the solid white room. The floor looks like concrete. But it, too, is painted white. A small bookshelf is attached to the wall which houses the light switch. Below the bookshelf sits a desk – just like the one in the central room with the refrigerator.
       Martha reaches into her blouse and pulls the necklace out with the large key on it – the same one she used to open the strange lock on the double-doors leading into the library. She pulls it over her head and unfastens the clasp. The woman slides off a smaller key in which Julia had not noticed before. Walking over to the desk, Martha slips