Gate of Memoirs/A Favor to Ask

In for a page, in for a book.
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*—Night-Blind—
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Music: "Where it Rains"	Music: "Where it Rains"
 	
*?: Oh, where are my manners?
 	
*Luro: My name is Luro. Pleased to finally make your acquaintance.
*Luro: I've...heard so much about you, in such a short time.
 	
*Maeri: W-Wait a minute!
*Maeri: Umm, I'm not supposed to be here...
*Maeri: I'm supposed to be waking up, and... Umm, excuse me!
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*Maeri squeezes her eyes shut and concentrates once more, but Luro doesn't disappear from her view, and neither does the forest.
*Even Woolie shivered from the realization that they were simply not waking up.
 	
*Maeri: (This has never happened before! Am I stuck?)
 	
*Luro: Is something wrong?
 	
*Maeri: Umm, well...
*Maeri: How did I get here?
 	
*Luro: What a strange thing to say. You just wandered in, looking terribly lost.
*Luro: Almost as if you were caught in some revelry.
 	
*Maeri: (So I'm still dreaming... Completing the previous story didn't seem to help.)
 	
*At that thought, Maeri rummages in her pockets for the loose pages, but finds none.
 	
*Maeri: Eh?
 	
*Luro: This is yours, isn't it?
 	
*Luro holds up a book—Maeri's book.
*The pages seemed to have knitted themselves back into a phantom facsimile of her gift.
 	
*Maeri: Oh!
 	
*Luro: I tried reading it, but as expected, it was blank.
*Luro: I suppose only the eyes of a seeress such as yourself can decipher its contents.
 	
*Luro: I heard about that entire debacle with the dragon, you know.
*Luro: If even that old stag knows naught of such a creature, there must be so many secrets in here.
 	
*Luro: That wasn't the end of it, I'm sure.
*Luro: In fact, I was hoping you might be able to tell me...
 	
*Luro: ...What was stolen from my memory.
 	
*Luro's right eye—silver, adorned with feathers that seemed to protrude from his very skin—glows faintly in the dim light.
*Something about this man seemed rather melancholy.
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*"I was not always like this, you know."
*"I want to know the truth. The truth that only you can tell."
 	
*Luro: Would you do me this one kindness?
 	
*Maeri: (I suppose the tale won't end until this is solved...)
*Maeri: (Maybe that's why I can't wake up?)
 	
*Maeri: (I guess if it's still my dream, I'm not really in any danger...yet.)
*Maeri: (What do you think, Woolie?)
 	
*Woolie trembles, but puts on a brave face. As brave as a sleeping face can be, anyway.
 	
*Maeri: R-Right. Well, here goes, Mister Luro...
 	
*Maeri: Let's see...
*Maeri: "How Owl Lost His Eye..."