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Chapter 2 Concealed behind a secret panel in an unassuming wall was the entrance to the library. A set of stone steps took Io down into a room that was part of the basement but not actually under the house. It was pleasantly warm with lamps aglow on every table. The walls as well as the rows of shelves were chock-full of leather bound tomes, most of them some degree older than himself. And lurking within the stacks he was certain to find Daisy, since she very rarely went anywhere else in the house. She possessed a brilliant mind and a knack for retaining knowledge. Which tended to make her a social outcast even in their little family. In some ways, Io thought, they could be so like humans. Classical music, Beethoven or Bach, played on low. There was a desk near the entrance, not surpri