He sat in the lounge room with two books at hand. He had taken them from the library that he was observing.
From the armchair he could see the two gaps he had created.
They seemed like a debt, which had to be transformed into a duty.
The only way to go about it, was to read them, or else it would be best to leave them right there for another reader.
The balcony was full of light. As if it was the other library. From that as well he took and modified.
The books were heavy for their size. It was the characteristic of the paper of the Bible, as the printers would say.
This idea of debt had him concerned. the nonreading was not only worthless, but also unacceptable, since it constituted an act of barbarism, due to non utilization of a source of knowledge.
Who would have thought of this mental scheme?
Need was the first step in avoiding potential barbarism.
He had identified the hazards of the space which had become the life of Time.