Turning the question over in his mouth, Mikazuki doesn't answer immediately. Even all the reading he'd learned to do at home was for a purpose — for learning to grow things successfully in a harsh climate, so he could help Tekkadan prosper. Reading would have helped them work towards the honest lives they sought. Or it would have, had he succeeded. He's sure he thought those things at one point, before the idea of a future waned, falling out of focus until there was only the immediate moments, and then... nothing.

But he's never been a coward, never not wanted to take the next step towards something, even if he's not sure where forward is when he's on his own like this.

"If you're sure, then," he starts, not so much hesitating as measuring his next words a bit more quietly. "I wouldn't mind taking a look."

Lifting his cup, he finishes off his tea with a small nod.

"Ashti had a mission for me too, so maybe after that." Whatever he might find in the library, he won't know unless he goes. Pushing his heels on the floor, he scoots his chair back, motions brief but somehow soft as if in recognition that he's still taking up space in someone's home. No matter how brusque he is, those things still matter. "It's really important, so I'll let you study."