Editing Nina Lecerf (section)

==Personality==
Her function is her passion and raison d'être. Regularly gives book recommendations<ref name=":5">The woman gave Snowdrop a careful once-over, studying her, then went to a bookshelf, bending down.<br><br>“Here.”<br><br>The book had a mouse in knight’s armor on the cover.  It was titled ‘The Mouse’s Roar’.<br><br>No pictures.  Snowdrop flipped through.<br><br>“No pictures,” the librarian woman echoed her thoughts.  “But you’ll like it.”<br>[...]<br>“I’ll put the kettle on.  Do you want treats?  Again, sticky hands-”<br><br>“My sticky hands will ruin the books.  Right.”<br><br>“Be careful.  You could read in the meantime.  Tell me your thoughts.  I’ve read most published works, but a new reader’s experiences are something special.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/09/12 Excerpt] from [[Leaving a Mark 4.x]]</ref> and can seemingly tell what book someone might have read.<ref name="7.ae2">“Of course,” she said, smiling.  “Do you read?”<br><br>“Some.”<br><br>“I think you have an inkling of something in you, where you got a book, perhaps Infinite Jest or something Umberto Eco, and where others wouldn’t read them, you saw it as a challenge to finish it when others wouldn’t.  And it spoke to you on some level.  You keep telling yourself you should dive into a work like that again, but you can never find the time.”<br><br>“Nope,” he said.<br><br>“No?  Perhaps you’re not there yet.”<br><br>“It was The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles.  Have you read it?”<br><br>She smiled.  “Yes.  Gosh.  It’s interesting.  Some deep themes to dive into.  Not an easy read for many.”<br><br>“Sure.  Some guy who goes looking for a cat and ends up hiding at the bottom of a well to escape the world.  There have to be themes, or it’s just ''really dumb''.”<br><br>“Don’t run from what it made you feel and think.  It spoke to you, didn’t it?  We’d all be better off if we read more and took away lessons from what we read.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/12/22 Excerpt] from [[Gone Ahead 7.a]]</ref> Consequently she's read an indescribably large amount of books.<ref name=":5"/> This seems to be linked to the vicarious pleasure she gets from what people take away from books,<ref name=":5"/><ref name="7.ae2"/> and always recommends engaging more with literature.<ref name="8.6e2">“I feel… melancholy, leaving this behind.  Lame, I know, I’ll have mixed feelings about this school but this library won’t be mixed.”<br><br>“Always, when you leave unread books behind,” Nina answered.  She stroked the back of Verona’s head.  It felt like a big sister or mom thing, and that made Verona feel weird, because she’d never had much of either.<br><br>She could hear running in the hallway, and turned, “Bye.”<br><br>“We may see each other if Zed stops in to see you outside of summer,” Nina told her.<br><br>“Maybe.  That’d be neat.  I’ll have to find a good bookstore to show you.”<br><br>“You should be looking for good bookstores regardless.”<br><br>“True!” Verona called out, as she hurried off.  She smiled as Nina shushed her. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/01/30 Excerpt] from [[Vanishing Points 8.6]]</ref> Loves to help restore books and likely another way she feeds her Self or being.<ref name=":2"/>

Has stereotypical librarian behaviors, such as shushing people<ref>“Shh,” Nina whispered, holding a finger to her lips.  She indicated the books.  - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/09/01 Excerpt] from [[Leaving a Mark 4.5]]</ref><ref name="8.6e2"/> and a fondness for tea,<ref>“It’s good we have an electric kettle,” the librarian said.  “But I must be careful about the steam.  Even that can damage an old book.  Tea is a once-a-day treat for me, and I’m glad to have company.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/09/12 Excerpt] from [[Leaving a Mark 4.x]]</ref> and a draconian protectiveness of books coupled with ensuring a readers unrestricted access to them. She does appear credulous though.<ref name=":8"/>

If occupants of a library are stressed she may reflect this stress.<ref>The end of the hallway near all the storage rooms and stuff had students sitting in the hall.  As they walked by the library, Verona could see that students had taken up residence at tables, and there was a tension in there that was like what was in the hallway, if just a bit quieter.  The librarian Nina looked stressed, picking at her cuticles with her fingernails. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/11/14 Excerpt] from [[Cutting Class 6.6]]</ref>

===Relationships===
Any reader seems to get along with Nina.<ref>“Might be the last time I grab a book,” Verona told Nina, as she dropped off the books, wiping the cover of one clean with her hand.  “We’re expecting an email about some Others later, and we don’t know when we’re taking off with Zed, so I might try to cram something in.”<br><br>“I do love that you’re a reader,” Nina said.  “Do you want to stay for tea and a chat?  I want to ask what you’ve read and enjoy it vicariously.”<br><br>“Sorry,” Verona answered.<br><br>“Morning class?”<br><br>“Field trip to the Faerie.”<br><br>“I should pay more attention to the world outside.”<br><br>“Or live your best life and get us to fill you in.”<br><br>Nina smiled. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/01/30 Excerpt] from [[Vanishing Points 8.6]]</ref>
====[[Zed]]====
Was bound by Zed in a mutual deal to 'modernize' herself.<ref name:":3">“She’s bound, right?” Verona asked.  “You had to let her out, and you only did it for a short time.  Then she’s stuck again?”<br><br>“It was a mutual deal,” Zed said.  “I offered her access to a trove of material online, and to help her figure it out and adapt her.  After ten years, she can decide to abort or renew.”<br><br>“As a thingy of knowledge and whatever, is she even capable of saying no and ending the contract?” Lucy asked.  “Or does she ''have'' to take the option where she’s bound for longer?”<br>[...]<br>“Just so you know, Nina does have a choice,” Zed said.  “And she chose to be bound.”<br><br>“Okay,” Lucy said.  She didn’t flinch or anything.  “That’s good.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/08/29 Excerpt] from [[Leaving a Mark 4.4]]</ref> Seems fine with Zed as he is.<ref name=":1"/> Their relationship seems to be one of genuine friendship if nothing else.<ref name=lb/>

====[[Snowdrop]]====
Happy to help her find books, she likes as a new reader.<ref name=":5"/> It is unknown if Nina is aware that Snowdrop burned the BHI library.

==== [[Blue Heron Institute]] ====
Familiar to the teachers at the BHI<ref name=":2"/> and has worked with [[Alexander Belanger]] in reconstructing [[Ted Havens]]' past lives.<ref name="7.ae1"/>