[Liem is hardly done leaving payment on the table when Howl grabs his wrist and starts leading him down the street. For a moment he just lets himself be towed along, surprised by the force of the wizard's enthusiasm, but he recovers enough to realize they're heading back into the Tomes and begins keeping better pace. It's a mystery to him why they're heading this way when Howl wanted to show him to a store on a completely different street, but he's content to be patient until the answer becomes more obvious.

When they venture inside and come to the door, one of his questions is answered. It still remains to be seen what connection this little jaunt has to the return of Howl's magic or Yima's part in facilitating it.]

They shouldn't, I think. [He regards the marks that Howl is making on the door with a slight frown, wondering if this is a regular occurrence for the library's cleaning staff to come across.] I haven't had much experience with static portals, but teleportation doesn't usually trouble me.