Summary

Chapter eight finds Clay sneaking an older logbook out of the bookstore. Penumbra interrupts and they talk about the bookstore and how young people prefer Kindles. Clay has one, but it doesn’t hold a charge. He shows it to Penumbra and Penumbra comments on the typeface: the default font is Gerritszoon. Back at his apartment, Clay hasn’t given up getting one of the logbooks. He talks to Mat who says he can build a replica to replace it in the interim.

In chapter nine, Kat invites Clay to a house party, but he can’t go because he has to work. They set it up so that Clay can attend virtually via video chat. He gets jealous when Trevor, one of Kat’s colleagues, interacts with Kat. Lapin arrives in the bookstore and has a peacock feather in her hat...