A few days of research into the zombie-fomor issue; Suspecting another supernatural presence

This style of research is getting easier with time, I guess. I know where I can find books of a variety of stripes. Without something that’s come from a wolf person, or a mage, or a vampire, it’s a question of reading enough different tale spinners that the truth starts to emerge. It’s funny to think how close apes get to the truth at times - no one listens to them, though. Yesterday was going through a large portion of what I could find on seances in the library, and trying to ignore the garbage. I looked for whatever I could about mentions of ectoplasm. However, the library was mostly a waste of time - the bulk of what I read was about how the seances were fake, and the dead could not be contacted. That’s when I realized that is because the seances were popular one hundred years ago or more - not books that are likely to be in a library. I needed either older books, or reprints of old books. Time to go to the used book shops.

( Bumping into Ila at the store arouses suspicion )

( Light reading, and more experiments. Goodthing I couldn't go to the umbra tonight anyhow... )

Both books mention an older book titled ‘Dialogues with the Dead’ (as did a number of books in the library), from long ago. This appears to have started the whites speaking to the dead, until when some went through and began calling all of them frauds. This would be a nice book to have.

I just had a thought: I’ve started a collection, like I’m some sort of vampire or mage. A month ago, Tail-Eater lent me a book to keep me entertained while I guarded him. Now I have several of my own.

What a strange new direction my life has taken. My new hut will need a place to keep books, in addition to all the horned serpent artifacts I've collected over the years. What would my old packmates think?