Paper dust drifts slowly through the sunlight streaming through the window. Ran, her long hair half tied back with a white cord, removes excess ink from her brush tip. Faint ink stains remain on her cuffs, and a chair has already been set beside the desk for sitting down to rest.
She places a thin bookmark between the two sheets. Her gaze, fixed on an empty space on one side of the shelves, sharpens briefly before returning to the pages. The faint sound of a door closing echoes in the distance.