/lit/ - Literature

...The sky shuttle's speed started to slow, prompting Lierni to put her new antique book back into its box. A lovely addition to her collection she thought. Farther to the east than Venice, the sun had already set, this and the gentle wind coming off the Black Sea, greeted her at the embarkment platform, giving her a bit of a start from all this pleasant weather. The famous steps were just a few meters away, but once she reached them she wasn't sure whether to head up or down, so she loitered a while in plain sight, till her old professor could spot her. What did she need to see her about so urgently, and not over a communication signal?