[okay, maybe she is, because the book surprises her where ahsoka didn't. they're always such old things that any particularly useful ones have been updated into some longer lasting storage medium, usually by jedi sages or particularly enthusiastic historians. barriss has had the opportunity to study from a couple, but she's certainly never owned one.
taking it delicately, reverently in her hands, she examines the inscribed leather covering, holding her breath without meaning to. when the front doesn't give her any indication of what sort of book it's meant to be, barriss very delicately opens it to a random page, careful with the spine, and scans over the script. enough characters are familiar that she's certain she could translate it given time, but for now, she's still just in awe. which means silently gaping at the book and forgetting that saying anything else at all to ahsoka would probably be polite.]
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[okay, maybe she is, because the book surprises her where ahsoka didn't. they're always such old things that any particularly useful ones have been updated into some longer lasting storage medium, usually by jedi sages or particularly enthusiastic historians. barriss has had the opportunity to study from a couple, but she's certainly never owned one.
taking it delicately, reverently in her hands, she examines the inscribed leather covering, holding her breath without meaning to. when the front doesn't give her any indication of what sort of book it's meant to be, barriss very delicately opens it to a random page, careful with the spine, and scans over the script. enough characters are familiar that she's certain she could translate it given time, but for now, she's still just in awe. which means silently gaping at the book and forgetting that saying anything else at all to ahsoka would probably be polite.]