[ he takes a smooth leap from the steps. landing as if he had taken a single step rather than several. his feet make no sound as he begins to try and follow cain dutifully. it fails, if just for him being uncomfortable with the idea of cain trying to single-handedly carry all the books from the bottom shelf himself. so he begins to lead cain himself. he steps in front of the other man, trying to guide him by the sound of his voice as he responds.

only he pauses at cain's words, likely at a bad time considering he just began walking direct ahead of him, but hopefully cain figures to stop (maybe?), but arjuna is distracted enough by the words not to think twice about his actions. stories about real things. yes. but maybe out of sheer will (or denial), arjuna wanted to believe none were his own. he'd definitely prefer it that way.

he starts off cautiously. ] I wouldn't believe everything you read. Especially when it comes to other worlds. [ if arjuna could help it, in an ideal situation no one would read anything of his past or his shame. but, he seems to shake this off in favor of sticking to their current situation. ] As for this one...

What have you come across? Or rather, what would you desire to know?

[ was it just general, he wonders, or maybe the man had already discovered something. ]