There's a part of Idia that wants to shoot back that Jingyi was dumb... but the other part is more than used to having his interests dismissed by 'normies', and really... it's not what Jingyi is doing here, he guesses... but he can't help but snark back a little on that library comment. "And with technology I can search every book in a digital library to find the one thing I want out of all of them rather than having to go book by book." Which as a student was always a pain. This book, this section. That book, that section. Ugh. Just let him cross reference them all at once via a search system.

Though... Idia voicing his earlier thoughts. "I guess I can see the appeal of having books on display... and enjoying something more retro." Like playing retro games despite their systems being old and a lack of more modern implementations that were now common game mechanics.

...don't ask him if he doesn't like dealing with people... by being a person he has to deal with! Seriously. Some people were just so blunt. "There's no point wasting time on connections." Ok, so Idia can be very blunt too. "But in this case I like being able to find what I want when I want it, not wasting time searching for it. I could be using that same time to do other things. If I want to take the time to enjoy things, then I can do that then, but not when I have a goal I need to get done." Efficiency was important.