Welcome to the Midnight Library, my dear guests.

I am your helpful host, Miranda Merrick.

Tonight, as Mr. Darling is tucked in his den, I will quietly be answering some of our

most durable guests' questions as honestly as possible.

Please find a cozy spot once you've made your selections from the hospitality tray.

There's a mix of things, such as cat-stung cookies and devils-on horseback.

Hmm, no, I'm sorry, I don't know what's in them.

Let us begin, shall we?

Greetings spooky lovelies, and welcome to your Ask Me Almost Anything for the first month

in the new year of 2022, already.

I want to thank you all for visiting for the bonus reading during which our little Irma

filled in for our hibernating, Mr. Darling, and ushered you safely to the reading room.

We've received many kind and inquisitive notes about her since then, which I'll happily

address in just a little while.

Mr. Darling sends his sleepy best regards to you all, and as you know, he does not wish

to be disturbed during his winter rest.

We in the library are waking from winter's spell and are looking forward to a hopefully

warm and peaceful spring.

Currently there are meetings and talks of meetings, bloodlettings and talks of bloodlettings,

all of which are cause for us and you to be excited as there are many good things ahead

for all of us.

So we have some wonderful and wonderfully strange questions to get to, and then I want

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