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He was still a bit nervous about taking Corvus out to Arsinoe but she had finally agreed to come and they'd made some time to do so. They were both free that weekend and they'd woken up early so they could, if they wanted to, spend a good chunk of the day out exploring.

In a way it would almost be like the vision he'd had only not nearly as grand. He could only show her what he'd found now rather than showing her something truly amazing.

He still thought it was but Corvus .. maybe not.

"Cordy? You ready to go?"

He grinned slightly, glad she realized he would call her out on stalling again if she said she wasn't ready. "It's not hard. At least it's not for me anymore and I can take you easily enough." He hadn't done it before but given how often he traveled he figured he could take her too just as easily. "It's sort of just, it's kinda like Dorothy and the whole 'there's no place like home' thing and poof. There you are."

It was probably a bit more complicated but that's how he usually felt.

"Just give me your hand and I'll take us both. You wont have to worry about anything and don't freak out when we get there either. It's kinda messy."

He shook his head as he caught her hand. "I think I can do it faster powered up but I can travel like this too. You just have to hush for a bit cause I've got to concentrate. It's not all that easy. You should come with me but just keep your mind focused on my signature."

It was easier now that he'd been doing it so often but all in all it did take a bit of meditation to actually get there. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath as he let his mind go so he could focus in on the tether that attached him to his home world. He knew Cordy could feel him almost anywhere so he didn't think she'd have any problems not focusing on his signature.

He could feel the moment that their positions shifted and he always liked the tingly feeling he got as he was taken through space back to the asteroid. Moments later their feet settled on the stone path just outside the library.

"What's left of it." He nodded. "I think most of the buildings were wood and paper so they've rotted but ... well the Library made it."

Mostly made it. The stone structure was huge but most of the paint had flaked off leaving just the barest hint of the designs that had been meticulously painted once before. Some windows remained but most were broken or cracked. The only real glass that had survived was the dome though it was cracked and dusty with age. The two wooden doors that had once graced the front had fallen off their hinges. One had petrified into place the other was broken in two pieces on the ground.

"I have a camp set up inside and if you go down into the basement there's still books and scrolls."

"This was the main one. The Grand Archive. Every civilization around made sure we had copies of their books and records so they'd stay safe." Fat lot of good that did things in the end but at least some of it had survived even if no one could tell them what it said anymore.

"I've been coming out here every couple of weeks for years. It's safe enough and the parts that aren't I've marked off so I don't accidentally get hurt. It would be better if you could see it how it was ... you have before, I saw us the day it officially opened, but..."

It was a pipe dream but he wanted to restore as much of it as he could.

"I know you have. I saw us here ... pretty much standing right here, the day that the Library opened. I saw how it looked and how much you liked the gallery dome." He nodded, catching her hand again to tug her toward the doorway.

"I went to school for history remember? With a minor in anthropology. So I've been poking around in catacombs before and in truth this place was built to withstand a pretty hefty attack. The lower levels are still completely in tact and safe to wander in."

"I could see it all and well you haven't really changed." He laughed as he helped her over the broken door so they could head inside. "I mean we both look different obviously but it was still me and it was still you."

Inside everything was covered in dust but mostly in tact. The main desk was still there along with the shelves and the remains of the books that hadn't been taken to storage.

"I can't read anything in here, it's all in another language, multiple languages actually, but .." he held out an arm so she'd go look. He at least wanted her to see the dome and all the painted stars.

"It was broken when I got here but I think it broke from falling over when the hinges rotted. The other one is fused to the wall but if you look in the frame the hinges are busted." He followed after his cousin, stepping over things carefully. "And there's dust where it broke so I think no one really got in here when whatever happened."

Under the giant dome he paused and nudged her and pointed up. One of the constellations that was still visible on the dome was Corvus.

"Who was I going to bring here? It's not like I was telling anyone at school what I was."