A quiet building filled with dreams that can be held. The dreams are written and bound into the cover, only coming to life in the mind and remaining dormant otherwise.
The creators of these tangible dreams are translating from the language of the Universe into the simpler languages of Earth. The written words are the tamed dream which becomes wild and free once the words have completely faded. Books house the dream and treat it like a guest. The guest is comfortable and content but longs to run free in the whispers of past dreams. The host feels sad that the guest wishes to leave, but they understand and try to make their guest happy for the time being. Because the guests of books all don't entirely want to stay, the well-meaning hosts seek company in each other. Books are lonely creatures that feel the need to live in shelves (a group of books much like a herd of deer) for other beings tend to only be able to hurt them. These residents of libraries and bookstores, physical wonders with a dream residing in them, are very sensitive and fragile. They wait a long and lonely while for someone to experience their dream.
So you see, a book is more then what it seems.
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