It's hard to get one past Daisy. "We're not in a hurry, if you'd like to have a look."

Rhoda hesitates for a moment, and then nods, a little hesitantly, and drifts back towards the toy section.

There's a little more variety here than in some of the other sections: dolls, stuffed animals, balls, jigsaw puzzles, building blocks, simple musical instruments, sets of plastic animals, odder things with no clear purpose.

The jigsaw puzzles definitely catch her attention - if she's got the idea correct, it's putting things together to make the picture. She likes the idea of that.

"We can get one of those, if you want."

Rhoda chews on her lip slightly, and then gives a lightening fast nod. "I- If that's okay? I'd like that?"

"Mmhmm. Whichever you like - they're not expensive, but I'm not sure we'll have room for more than one."

Rhoda considers the selection, and then picks up one with a picture that's similar to the flowers on Daisy. "...This one? Please?"

Awww. "Of course." She sounds pleased, and takes the box to tuck in under the fabric. "Anything else? I can come back for things later, even if we don't have space for them today."

She considers for a moment, and then shakes her head. "That's fine, thank you."

"Okay." Up to the front, then; there's only a short line at the checkout, and the cashier is just as polite to Daisy as he was to the customer in front of her.

Rhoda seems somehow relieved that he treats Daisy the same way he treated the prior customer, and continues to stay close to Daisy.

Back to the hardware store, then, to drop off their purchases and ask the workers to add the tiles and glass to their order, and then to the library. 

Library! And Rhoda getting excited again, and very slightly bouncy.

Library! The front doors open into a vestibule, where a man is reading the notices on a bulletin board on one wall; Daisy leads the way through and into the library proper, where they're greeted with a bank of tables holding single books on stands. There's a long desk behind them, with a woman working on a computer behind it, and a room behind her; some kind of office, from what's visible through its windows. Immediately to the left, there are low shelves holding rows of data discs, and behind them and on the right, high shelves hold many, many books; at the very back and along the walls, there are comfy chairs and tables, some with people sitting in them, reading.

"Would you like to meet the librarian? She's a friend, I think you'll like her."

"...okay," she agrees, the hesitance more from not being used to actually having to interact with people than anything else.

Daisy makes her way past the tables to the desk, and the woman looks up from her computer with a smile as she approaches. "Daisy, hi! You're back early - showing Rhoda around?"

"Yes, Ma'am - we're in town for some building supplies, but Rhoda wanted to see the library."

She turns her attention to the girl, smiling. "It's good to meet you, Rhoda."

Rhoda ducks her head shyly. "Hi," she says with a small smile. "I- good to meet you too."

"Do you want to look at anything in particular? We have lots of science books, Lord Pradnakt likes to make sure of that."

"I-" she starts, pauses, decides not to admit that she's never been in a library before, didn't know such buildings existed until now, and then nods. "That would be good?" she decides.

Marisel nods, and takes a moment to take something out of a drawer before coming around the desk. "This way, then," she says, and heads toward the back, where it turns out that there's a whole other section to the building, with lower shelves and a big open area furnished with low tables and cozy beanbag chairs and scattered with various toys. She leads them to a particular shelf: "Science is this one, and the next three; Daisy should be able to help you find whatever you'd like. And your usual room is free, if you want it," she tells Daisy, and hands over the key to it.

"Thank you, Ma'am," Daisy grins.

"Thank you, ma'am," Rhoda echoes, slightly absently, drifting over to the shelves, curious and eager.