[Hey, if it weren't for that company, a lot of kids wouldn't know about a ton of these stories, even if they were sugar-coated! Besides...]

Yeah, that's what I thought, too. I remember overhearin' some kids growin' up talkin' about how much they hated reading. I always just got a little mad at 'em when I heard that, 'cause there's so many really good stories if they just gave enough of a shit to look into 'em.

A bad trend like that's bound to spread. But to make characters disappear...

[He set his jaw, looked away.]

Maybe this place has got a library. I just wanna check, y'know...? Maybe the story's still there, or... or somethin'.