It was something I was told when I was fourteen. One of the leaders of the villages thought I would be good for it - she thought the same about my mother, but my mother became head librarian instead.

[She smiles wryly.]

To be honest, when I graduated, I half-expected them to come to me and give me the job. Tomiko already chose me as her successor, after all. But they never did.

As if it would be that simple, right?