"Isn't it?" he asks. It's not that he's out of hope. Quite the opposite. But he's just out of sorts for the moment. After all, this place and being thrust in a completely new situation had that way of making him feel just a little bit lost.

He thinks it's not a new feeling, but for some reason, that doesn't comfort him at all.

"Why don't we go look? This library's not that large."