"Don't worry about how my journal ended up in the past. What I want to know is how did it get published? A journal from the future can't be published unless it is verified as authentic." Jeanette then addresses her sharpening system. "The sharpening system I have is easy to use and produces a perfect edge. If you will excuse me, I need to brush my teeth with imported toothpaste."
 
Jeanette Isabelle

"Hikaru, you said a printing press has opened for business and it's the only one in the former U.S. territory you know about. Is this press one that existed before the apocalypse?"
 
Jeanette Isabelle

Jeanette tries to think. "I don't recall hearing it. By any chance are the Spirits behind or responsible for Alcatraz Press?"
 
Jeanette Isabelle

"Was my journal published by Alcatraz Press?"
 
Jeanette Isabelle

The gravity of the situation hits Jeanette. "That book records decisions I have yet to make and the consequences. What I do know is I will decide to stay here and work as a live-in heath care provider at an orphanage. As for why, I have no idea. What this does tell me is that no matter what happens, I will live. What shape I'm in is something else altogether.
 
"Hikaru, I don't even want to know how many copies were published, how popular it became or how well it was received. If it is a popular book, I may get a hero's welcome when I get to Charlton and I don't want to know that.
 
"Chihiro, have you read the book Hikaru is holding?"
 
"No, Millar-san. All I know is, I will find Baroness Louise." Chihiro volunteers her opinion. "If you stay at Old School, you'll get to work with Reki. She's an herbalist."
 
"That's good. If you have heard of it and know of its popularity, don't tell me.
 
"Danielle, have you read or has someone read to you the book we're talking about, a book with you in it?"
 
Jeanette does not know when Danielle became blind. If she became blind later on, she could have read it before she became blind or read a Braille version.
 
"No, Miss Miller."
 
Jeanette Isabelle