With everything that had happened over the past year, Ainsley had a lot of time to herself and with that time she did a lot of thinking about what she wanted to accomplish as Sailor Hypnos. She had a very specific set of beliefs that no one seemed to agree with. It made her question what it was to be a senshi and if she really wanted to partake in such behaviour.
Ainsley had put a lot of thought into it and she discovered that the most differences she faced as a senshi had to do with youma. As a senshi she was suppose to dismiss them immediately but Hypnos didn't want to kill them because to her they were still a living creature. To her, it seemed no different than releasing a tiger into the city. The tiger would be a threat, but should you kill it simply because it is misplaced? Hypnos didn't think so!
She thought that if she learned more about them that she could convince other senshi not to simply kill them on sight. Maybe if she worked hard enough she could even figure out where they really belonged, and then if she could bring them there then a lot of problems in Destiny City could be solved! The youma could live a life without being killed and civilians wouldn't have to worry about being attacked.
This lead Ainsley to the library! She needed to properly research things and that meant that she found herself in a part of the library she wasn't familiar with. There were no tall castles or storybooks, and instead she was faced with rows and rows of books. She didn't know where to start but thanks to the signs that labeled all the shelves she soon found the area she wanted to be in.
It took longer than she wanted but soon Ainsley had several books on the topic of rope and knots, and then a few books on hunting. She didn't need all of them though, and after considering what she wanted to do she quickly put all the books back except for the ones on rope, knots and trapping. If she was going to do this, she was going to do it her way. She would use these books to find out how to tie rope together into a net and then she would find a way to trap a youma. It would be tough but she would study really hard! Surely someone out there would be proud of her for it.
It wasn't unusual for Ainsley to read books in the library before checking the books out Ainsley but it was unusual for her to be in this section of the library. She found the tables and chairs to be different even though they weren't. The lights seemed different too but they were no brighter than the others. Things seemed different, almost like her world was shifting just a bit. Maybe it was, maybe she was growing up.
There was a hint of caution as she sat in the chair, finding herself unable to get comfortable in them as easily as the chairs in the other section of the library. They felt the same, but somehow they weren't. It left her staring at the books in front of her until she finally decided on an order, starting with the book on ropes first and then edging into the book on knots. By the end of the day she was looking at the book on traps with a strange interest as she shifted uneasily in the chair. It might have been the visual aid displaying a cute rabbit but even without a fairy tale story, Ainsley was compelled to continue reading until she had finished.
She had a goal but that goal would be for another day. For now she would check these books out and head on home, she had a lot more to think about.