Shinji gives each of the three books a brief look of scrutiny - there sure is a suspicious amount of personalization on display, here. It's probably not terribly important, other than the fact that these books would be stashed away with something as vital as money... well, it might become clearer once they start getting information under their belts about this place. Save their games or plan their days, or maybe even something different altogether. He does not know one way or another, so his journal gets set aside for the moment.

"She'd said... we were getting a 'newcomer discount', right?" Something to that effect, anyway. She didn't seem to be too phased that they were basically scrambling to figure things out in front of her, either. "I bet she can help at least a bit..."