NEGATIVE ONE: Comic synopses: Adele

Title Synopsis

0002 adele #1: the last year First appearance of Adele and Tabitha. Adele philosophizes on how she feels about getting her new black robe--a symbol of accomplishment in her prophecy studies--and has a flashback about idolizing her teacher, Tabitha. She mourns the fact that she now has a year left to live in her home dimension.

0004 adele #2: you don't remember what you lost Adele sulkily argues with her teacher about what she faces in the next world, and tries to seek comfort over the disturbing realization that she is going to lose her memories when she travels to the human world in a year's time. But Tabitha convinces Adele that moving forward is important.

0006 adele #3: mapping the universe Tabitha teaches Adele about "the flash," a phenomenon where interdimensional water pools open to different dimensions. They talk about how the "distance" of each dimension determines how much memory a person retains when traveling there.

0008 adele #4: mythology Tabitha and Adele continue to talk about the dimensions, and Adele asks some questions about dimension Fae, a world very close to dimension Thee-ileo, the human world. Tabitha tells Adele about how Faeries like to come to Thee-ileo and mess around, which Adele thinks is weird. More information about the dimensions is scattered around here.

0010 adele #5: the only way Adele learns more about the creatures of other dimensions through a meditation exercise. Prophecy techniques are discussed.

0012 adele #6: sent home First appearance of Aleef. Tabitha unexpectedly sends Adele home instead of inviting her to stay over for dreaming exercises. Adele's feelings of awkwardness about her family are made clear, and on her way home she encounters her old friend Aleef, who asks for help with a prediction. Adele is pleased that she can stall a little before going home and hopes to miss dinner.

0014 adele #7: on destiny Adele predicts bad news for her friend Aleef--the boy she likes doesn't like her--and they talk about the pros and cons of knowing the future.

0016 adele #8: at home, but not First appearance of Adele's family. Adele thinks about her responsibilities as a prophet in relation to having told her friend to go after a different boy. She arrives home and encounters her little sister, who announces to the family that she is home (so she can't just pretend not to be there). She is forced by circumstance to join the family dinner, where her family members act as though they are glad she is there.

0018 adele #9: manners and morals Eating customs in dimension Ailashuo are revealed, including a flashback in which Adele broke them and angered her mother. In her thoughts, Adele acknowledges that she may not have to live by these rules in the future, but that she should do so now because she is still part of this family.

0020 adele #10: a little memento of me First appearance of Shelshay. Another flashback shows that Adele has been stuck with her family for the last three days, during which she decided to create some mementos for her family to give to them when she leaves the dimension forever. Finally she goes back to Tabitha's, and ends up seeing a couple of unfamiliar Shioan people waiting at the pool. One of them is a prophet girl.

0022 adele #11: a multi-dimensional proposal Adele has her first conversation with a Shioan prophet, and Shelshay is very enthusiastic and likeable. This girl is very inspired by the study of the dimensions, and is surprised that Adele has never been anywhere but Ailashuo. Shelshay convinces Adele that the two of them should ask her teacher for permission to go to Chiplance, a nearby dimension, as an educational field trip.

0024 adele #12: lost in translation Adele brings Shelshay to Tabitha's teaching room, where the three discuss whether Adele can go to Chiplance. Tabitha only speaks English and Shelshay speaks only Shioan, so Adele is forced to translate what quickly becomes a passionate argument. But when Tabitha ends it by committing a supposedly unpardonable cultural sin and Shelshay responds by not getting angry but THANKING the teacher and leaving, Adele is the one who doesn't understand what was said. . . .

0026 adele #13: bringing a shadow to light Adele demands answers about the intentional insult that Tabitha delivered to Shelshay, and Tabitha demands that Adele figure it out herself through a prophecy exercise. Adele feels like she's being bossed around and Tabitha feels like she's being sassed, but the two calm down and uncover the secret, and finally Adele understands the meaning of Tabitha's supposed insult. Tabitha tells Adele she needs to start finding her own answers, and drops a bomb: Adele just might be the best prophet the world has ever seen. Huh?

0028 adele #14: a sobering thought Tabitha and Adele discuss Adele's potential and talent. Poor Adele is a bit bowled over by the idea that so much rides on her, but she is willing to start accepting her responsibilities. She asks for permission to go say a few words to Shelshay, and Tabitha lets her go.

0030 adele #15: trust yourself more Adele talks to Shelshay about what just happened with her teacher, and Shelshay admits that usually she's not taken very seriously. But she has some sage advice for Adele: That she should trust herself more than she trusts her teacher. Shelshay hints that Adele should investigate why Tabitha doesn't speak Shioan after living in the world for decades.

0032 adele #16: no one to talk to Adele talks to Tabitha about why she never learned Shioan. A discussion of the importance of being able to communicate ensues. Adele wants to know what she can expect to remember once she crosses over.

0034 adele #17: stale memories The two prophets discuss the importance of memory, and how bringing a memento doesn't help to reclaim lost memories once they're erased the way dimensional travel erases them.

0036 adele #18: more than the mind can handle Tabitha and Adele lay down a curriculum for Adele's prophecy works. They decide to focus on pebble divinations since they are very difficult but very useful for someone of Adele's caliber. They choose to do some exercises regarding the upcoming flash.

0038 adele #19: talent vs. wisdom Some realizations Adele has about the flash during practice really impress Tabitha, but she also has some advice and urges her student not to fall victim to biased prophecy.

0040 adele #20: open doors Adele's training goes on, and she improves by leaps and bounds, feeling more awake than ever before. At home, life is the same, and her family doesn't seem to realize something huge is approaching. Adele has a tender moment with her little sister, and wishes she would retain the ability to miss her once she's gone.

0042 adele #21: in a flash The flash arrives, and Adele and her teacher follow its movement as it connects to different dimensions. But when it slips into Thee-ileo, the human dimension that Tabitha has not been to in decades, her teacher has an emotional reaction and Adele does not know how to comfort her.

0044 adele #22: glimmers of the future Adele and Tabitha bond over talk about living in a dimension other than their birth home, and they talk a little about Thee-ileo and its technology.

0046 adele #23: a bad feeling The flash continues, and drastic changes occur in the pool's landscape. Adele follows its path to an unknown dimension and writes information about it into her journal. Then she gets a bad feeling that someone is going to go through the open pool from that distant dimension, which would result in profound memory loss. She mourns for whoever or whatever is going to go through this.

0052 adele #24: one more honor Adele is back after having attended a prophet convention where she presented her findings on the new dimension. She has been given an award and also asked to name her find, and Tabitha refuses to let her name the dimension after her--she'd rather Adele use her name for a child. Tabitha suggests Adele ask Shelshay for help naming the dimension since the Shioan prophet has such an interest in such things.

0056 adele #25: judgment call Adele visits a jealous and excited Shelshay, who gives her the inspiration she needs to come up with a name for the new dimension. She names it Leisheilo, Shioan for "place of cooperation," because of its two native species.

0060 adele #26: "forever" sounds so final Adele brings Tabitha up to speed on the dimension's new name and starts talking about wanting to have lunch with Shelshay, but Tabitha slaps her with a reality check and says she has no more time for lunch dates. Her departure time is coming up fast. Adele can't imagine being okay with the fact that she is going to lose Tabitha.

0064 adele #27: feeling beautiful Tabitha ends one of Adele's daily lessons by encouraging her to figure out what traditional gifts she's going to give her future students. She shows a flashback of her own gifts--human clothing Tabitha gave her--and decides to make special bracelets for her own mentees.

0068 adele #28: excuses for togetherness Adele's mother asks Adele to be present for a family portrait, which Adele realizes is probably the last time they'll all be together.

0072 adele #29: my first student Adele and Tabitha discuss Adele's future as a prophecy teacher, and how she'll know she's ready to teach.

0076 adele #30: one of several goodbyes Adele's last night at home involves giving out her mementos, talking to her parents and siblings, and having a few confusing and sad moments with her baby sister, who can't sleep because Adele is leaving.

0080 adele #31: the right to remember A note from her friend Aleef makes Adele long to take her memories of her home world with her. Against Tabitha's advice, Adele decides to squirrel away a few mementos and begins writing a letter to herself in a secret journal so that she will have some link to her past once she crosses over.

0084 adele #32: last lesson Adele reflects on her departure ceremony, then is informed by Tabitha that she's not yet ready to depart. Tabitha has discovered her secret journal and is not happy that she tried to take it with her.

0088 adele #33: transform Tabitha gives Adele some perspective on why taking her journal with her to the new world is not allowed, and leaves her to meditate, assigned to figure out how to take the most important things with her despite having to leave the book. Adele comes to some interesting conclusions on how to get her memories to be transformed instead of preserved.

0092 adele #34: a different embrace Adele gears up to leave her home world, has a last few emotional exchanges with Tabitha, discusses the role of emotion in prophecy, and . . . goes through the pool to arrive in the human world.

0096 adele #35: all that i have After arriving in the human world Adele attempts to figure out her situation. She is confused as to why there is no one to help her, but when she thinks about seeking assistance, she gleans that she is now an alien in a hostile world, and quickly realizes she has nothing and no one to help her but her own intuition.

0100 adele #36: ready or not Adele begins to draft a plan to get herself a place to sort through her options. She decides she'll need to acquire some money to rent a hotel room, and sets her destination at the nearest town.

0104 adele #37: "volunteer" Adele makes her way into an inhabited area for the first time, encounters snack machines, and convinces a specially-picked open-minded human to purchase a lottery ticket.

0108 adele #38: anything can happen Adele and her lottery partner have a conversation about culture, and Adele makes some realizations about how to present herself and explores a few new unfamiliar human artifacts. The issue ends with the actual announcement of their lottery numbers and details both people's reaction.

0112 adele #39: sorting through After claiming her money, Adele gets a hotel room and sorts through her only belongings, which leads to some interesting memories as well as some startling conclusions.

0116 adele #40: a clean perspective Adele contemplates being the only person from her dimension in the world, and she takes her first human-world shower while reflecting on whether she'll be able to reveal herself to any humans in the future.

0120 adele #41: entertainment purposes only Adele learns, through television, that humans do have a system in place to read the future, and it is called the Tarot. But upon further investigation, she finds that Tarot is more a game "for entertainment" than a trusted truth-searching method for talented individuals. Nevertheless, she vows to learn it so she might communicate with this dimension's wannabe oracles.

0124 adele #42: girl stuff Adele decides to go to the store for some supplies and then to a New Age store to learn about Tarot cards. In both places she ponders the nature of female people and their tendency to have certain things in common regardless of their origin.

0128 adele #43: misconception Adele has an appointment with a Tarot reader, only to be disappointed to find that this supposed psychic is little more than a counselor with no special powers. Adele gives the fortune-teller a rather uncharacteristic tongue-lashing, but leaves feeling ashamed and doubtful.

0132 adele #44: on my level In the continuing search for a prophet on her level, Adele encounters an older man who suggests that she won't find them through mainstream channels. Adele becomes frustrated with the idea that even open-minded humans seem to think what she's looking for doesn't exist . . . and thinking about it leads Adele to remember that her own teacher came from this world, and therefore human prophets do exist.

0136 adele #45: full of knowledge Adele decides to leave her hotel and ends up happily gathering knowledge about the human world in a library.

0140 adele #46: past, present and future Adele gets comfortable with her surroundings (and the library patrons get more comfortable with her) as she studies human history. However, when she decides to start studying the present, she realizes that knowing the fates of others may mean she has a responsibility to help them, and she wonders what her purpose is.

0144 adele #47: from above Adele decides to meditate on the large problem of how to involve herself in helping others whose predicaments are revealed to her through the newspapers. She discusses the role of meditation--superconscious--and sleep--subconscious--in determining the correct course of action.

0148 adele #48: shatter effect After awakening, Adele searches for guidance in the remnants of her dreams and discovers she remembers a bit about how to use her stones for divination. But when she attempts to use them to divine a course of action on helping solve a crime, she is overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information.

0152 adele #49: someone like me After Adele moves to a different library and reads more fairy tales and mythology, she ponders how strange it is that humans have so many stories that involve prophecy. Obviously they wish to grasp the future, so why is it that if she were to reveal her abilities, she'd still get no acceptance?

0156 adele #50: my own terms Adele ponders how she's getting sick of having to skulk around to take care of her personal needs, noting that she's losing weight because it's easier not to eat than to interact with humans as often. After listening to some classical music at night in the library, she heartily wishes she were in a position to establish herself and give what she has to offer instead of just sampling what the human world has to offer while in hiding.

0160 adele #51: human contact Adele is skimming the crime section of the newspaper in a caf� when a young man seeking human contact drops in on her for a conversation. Adele thinks about how she should relate to human society despite being outside of it.

0166 adele #52: a step backwards After leaving the coffeehouse where she had "human contact," Adele tries to read the paper and solve mysteries, but she's too distracted by her own thoughts. She ponders the past and tries to dig up its relics, and philosophizes about the effects of her past on her present.

0181 adele #53: diving After being inspired by a fairy tale book, Adele tries a mirror, then water, as a divination tool. She compares and contrasts what different types of divination are for, and then uses the water to gaze at her purpose.

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Title	Synopsis
0002 adele #1: the last year	First appearance of Adele and Tabitha. Adele philosophizes on how she feels about getting her new black robe--a symbol of accomplishment in her prophecy studies--and has a flashback about idolizing her teacher, Tabitha. She mourns the fact that she now has a year left to live in her home dimension.
0004 adele #2: you don't remember what you lost	Adele sulkily argues with her teacher about what she faces in the next world, and tries to seek comfort over the disturbing realization that she is going to lose her memories when she travels to the human world in a year's time. But Tabitha convinces Adele that moving forward is important.
0006 adele #3: mapping the universe	Tabitha teaches Adele about "the flash," a phenomenon where interdimensional water pools open to different dimensions. They talk about how the "distance" of each dimension determines how much memory a person retains when traveling there.
0008 adele #4: mythology	Tabitha and Adele continue to talk about the dimensions, and Adele asks some questions about dimension Fae, a world very close to dimension Thee-ileo, the human world. Tabitha tells Adele about how Faeries like to come to Thee-ileo and mess around, which Adele thinks is weird. More information about the dimensions is scattered around here.
0010 adele #5: the only way	Adele learns more about the creatures of other dimensions through a meditation exercise. Prophecy techniques are discussed.
0012 adele #6: sent home	First appearance of Aleef. Tabitha unexpectedly sends Adele home instead of inviting her to stay over for dreaming exercises. Adele's feelings of awkwardness about her family are made clear, and on her way home she encounters her old friend Aleef, who asks for help with a prediction. Adele is pleased that she can stall a little before going home and hopes to miss dinner.
0014 adele #7: on destiny	Adele predicts bad news for her friend Aleef--the boy she likes doesn't like her--and they talk about the pros and cons of knowing the future.
0016 adele #8: at home, but not	First appearance of Adele's family. Adele thinks about her responsibilities as a prophet in relation to having told her friend to go after a different boy. She arrives home and encounters her little sister, who announces to the family that she is home (so she can't just pretend not to be there). She is forced by circumstance to join the family dinner, where her family members act as though they are glad she is there.
0018 adele #9: manners and morals	Eating customs in dimension Ailashuo are revealed, including a flashback in which Adele broke them and angered her mother. In her thoughts, Adele acknowledges that she may not have to live by these rules in the future, but that she should do so now because she is still part of this family.
0020 adele #10: a little memento of me	First appearance of Shelshay. Another flashback shows that Adele has been stuck with her family for the last three days, during which she decided to create some mementos for her family to give to them when she leaves the dimension forever. Finally she goes back to Tabitha's, and ends up seeing a couple of unfamiliar Shioan people waiting at the pool. One of them is a prophet girl.
0022 adele #11: a multi-dimensional proposal	Adele has her first conversation with a Shioan prophet, and Shelshay is very enthusiastic and likeable. This girl is very inspired by the study of the dimensions, and is surprised that Adele has never been anywhere but Ailashuo. Shelshay convinces Adele that the two of them should ask her teacher for permission to go to Chiplance, a nearby dimension, as an educational field trip.
0024 adele #12: lost in translation	Adele brings Shelshay to Tabitha's teaching room, where the three discuss whether Adele can go to Chiplance. Tabitha only speaks English and Shelshay speaks only Shioan, so Adele is forced to translate what quickly becomes a passionate argument. But when Tabitha ends it by committing a supposedly unpardonable cultural sin and Shelshay responds by not getting angry but THANKING the teacher and leaving, Adele is the one who doesn't understand what was said. . . .
0026 adele #13: bringing a shadow to light	Adele demands answers about the intentional insult that Tabitha delivered to Shelshay, and Tabitha demands that Adele figure it out herself through a prophecy exercise. Adele feels like she's being bossed around and Tabitha feels like she's being sassed, but the two calm down and uncover the secret, and finally Adele understands the meaning of Tabitha's supposed insult. Tabitha tells Adele she needs to start finding her own answers, and drops a bomb: Adele just might be the best prophet the world has ever seen. Huh?
0028 adele #14: a sobering thought	Tabitha and Adele discuss Adele's potential and talent. Poor Adele is a bit bowled over by the idea that so much rides on her, but she is willing to start accepting her responsibilities. She asks for permission to go say a few words to Shelshay, and Tabitha lets her go.
0030 adele #15: trust yourself more	Adele talks to Shelshay about what just happened with her teacher, and Shelshay admits that usually she's not taken very seriously. But she has some sage advice for Adele: That she should trust herself more than she trusts her teacher. Shelshay hints that Adele should investigate why Tabitha doesn't speak Shioan after living in the world for decades.
0032 adele #16: no one to talk to	Adele talks to Tabitha about why she never learned Shioan. A discussion of the importance of being able to communicate ensues. Adele wants to know what she can expect to remember once she crosses over.
0034 adele #17: stale memories	The two prophets discuss the importance of memory, and how bringing a memento doesn't help to reclaim lost memories once they're erased the way dimensional travel erases them.
0036 adele #18: more than the mind can handle	Tabitha and Adele lay down a curriculum for Adele's prophecy works. They decide to focus on pebble divinations since they are very difficult but very useful for someone of Adele's caliber. They choose to do some exercises regarding the upcoming flash.
0038 adele #19: talent vs. wisdom	Some realizations Adele has about the flash during practice really impress Tabitha, but she also has some advice and urges her student not to fall victim to biased prophecy.
0040 adele #20: open doors	Adele's training goes on, and she improves by leaps and bounds, feeling more awake than ever before. At home, life is the same, and her family doesn't seem to realize something huge is approaching. Adele has a tender moment with her little sister, and wishes she would retain the ability to miss her once she's gone.
0042 adele #21: in a flash	The flash arrives, and Adele and her teacher follow its movement as it connects to different dimensions. But when it slips into Thee-ileo, the human dimension that Tabitha has not been to in decades, her teacher has an emotional reaction and Adele does not know how to comfort her.
0044 adele #22: glimmers of the future	Adele and Tabitha bond over talk about living in a dimension other than their birth home, and they talk a little about Thee-ileo and its technology.
0046 adele #23: a bad feeling	The flash continues, and drastic changes occur in the pool's landscape. Adele follows its path to an unknown dimension and writes information about it into her journal. Then she gets a bad feeling that someone is going to go through the open pool from that distant dimension, which would result in profound memory loss. She mourns for whoever or whatever is going to go through this.
0052 adele #24: one more honor	Adele is back after having attended a prophet convention where she presented her findings on the new dimension. She has been given an award and also asked to name her find, and Tabitha refuses to let her name the dimension after her--she'd rather Adele use her name for a child. Tabitha suggests Adele ask Shelshay for help naming the dimension since the Shioan prophet has such an interest in such things.
0056 adele #25: judgment call	Adele visits a jealous and excited Shelshay, who gives her the inspiration she needs to come up with a name for the new dimension. She names it Leisheilo, Shioan for "place of cooperation," because of its two native species.
0060 adele #26: "forever" sounds so final	Adele brings Tabitha up to speed on the dimension's new name and starts talking about wanting to have lunch with Shelshay, but Tabitha slaps her with a reality check and says she has no more time for lunch dates. Her departure time is coming up fast. Adele can't imagine being okay with the fact that she is going to lose Tabitha.
0064 adele #27: feeling beautiful	Tabitha ends one of Adele's daily lessons by encouraging her to figure out what traditional gifts she's going to give her future students. She shows a flashback of her own gifts--human clothing Tabitha gave her--and decides to make special bracelets for her own mentees.
0068 adele #28: excuses for togetherness	Adele's mother asks Adele to be present for a family portrait, which Adele realizes is probably the last time they'll all be together.
0072 adele #29: my first student	Adele and Tabitha discuss Adele's future as a prophecy teacher, and how she'll know she's ready to teach.
0076 adele #30: one of several goodbyes	Adele's last night at home involves giving out her mementos, talking to her parents and siblings, and having a few confusing and sad moments with her baby sister, who can't sleep because Adele is leaving.
0080 adele #31: the right to remember	A note from her friend Aleef makes Adele long to take her memories of her home world with her. Against Tabitha's advice, Adele decides to squirrel away a few mementos and begins writing a letter to herself in a secret journal so that she will have some link to her past once she crosses over.
0084 adele #32: last lesson	Adele reflects on her departure ceremony, then is informed by Tabitha that she's not yet ready to depart. Tabitha has discovered her secret journal and is not happy that she tried to take it with her.
0088 adele #33: transform	Tabitha gives Adele some perspective on why taking her journal with her to the new world is not allowed, and leaves her to meditate, assigned to figure out how to take the most important things with her despite having to leave the book. Adele comes to some interesting conclusions on how to get her memories to be transformed instead of preserved.
0092 adele #34: a different embrace	Adele gears up to leave her home world, has a last few emotional exchanges with Tabitha, discusses the role of emotion in prophecy, and . . . goes through the pool to arrive in the human world.
0096 adele #35: all that i have	After arriving in the human world Adele attempts to figure out her situation. She is confused as to why there is no one to help her, but when she thinks about seeking assistance, she gleans that she is now an alien in a hostile world, and quickly realizes she has nothing and no one to help her but her own intuition.
0100 adele #36: ready or not	Adele begins to draft a plan to get herself a place to sort through her options. She decides she'll need to acquire some money to rent a hotel room, and sets her destination at the nearest town.
0104 adele #37: "volunteer"	Adele makes her way into an inhabited area for the first time, encounters snack machines, and convinces a specially-picked open-minded human to purchase a lottery ticket.
0108 adele #38: anything can happen	Adele and her lottery partner have a conversation about culture, and Adele makes some realizations about how to present herself and explores a few new unfamiliar human artifacts. The issue ends with the actual announcement of their lottery numbers and details both people's reaction.
0112 adele #39: sorting through	After claiming her money, Adele gets a hotel room and sorts through her only belongings, which leads to some interesting memories as well as some startling conclusions.
0116 adele #40: a clean perspective	Adele contemplates being the only person from her dimension in the world, and she takes her first human-world shower while reflecting on whether she'll be able to reveal herself to any humans in the future.
0120 adele #41: entertainment purposes only	Adele learns, through television, that humans do have a system in place to read the future, and it is called the Tarot. But upon further investigation, she finds that Tarot is more a game "for entertainment" than a trusted truth-searching method for talented individuals. Nevertheless, she vows to learn it so she might communicate with this dimension's wannabe oracles.
0124 adele #42: girl stuff	Adele decides to go to the store for some supplies and then to a New Age store to learn about Tarot cards. In both places she ponders the nature of female people and their tendency to have certain things in common regardless of their origin.
0128 adele #43: misconception	Adele has an appointment with a Tarot reader, only to be disappointed to find that this supposed psychic is little more than a counselor with no special powers. Adele gives the fortune-teller a rather uncharacteristic tongue-lashing, but leaves feeling ashamed and doubtful.
0132 adele #44: on my level	In the continuing search for a prophet on her level, Adele encounters an older man who suggests that she won't find them through mainstream channels. Adele becomes frustrated with the idea that even open-minded humans seem to think what she's looking for doesn't exist . . . and thinking about it leads Adele to remember that her own teacher came from this world, and therefore human prophets do exist.
0136 adele #45: full of knowledge	Adele decides to leave her hotel and ends up happily gathering knowledge about the human world in a library.
0140 adele #46: past, present and future	Adele gets comfortable with her surroundings (and the library patrons get more comfortable with her) as she studies human history. However, when she decides to start studying the present, she realizes that knowing the fates of others may mean she has a responsibility to help them, and she wonders what her purpose is.
0144 adele #47: from above	Adele decides to meditate on the large problem of how to involve herself in helping others whose predicaments are revealed to her through the newspapers. She discusses the role of meditation--superconscious--and sleep--subconscious--in determining the correct course of action.
0148 adele #48: shatter effect	After awakening, Adele searches for guidance in the remnants of her dreams and discovers she remembers a bit about how to use her stones for divination. But when she attempts to use them to divine a course of action on helping solve a crime, she is overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information.
0152 adele #49: someone like me	After Adele moves to a different library and reads more fairy tales and mythology, she ponders how strange it is that humans have so many stories that involve prophecy. Obviously they wish to grasp the future, so why is it that if she were to reveal her abilities, she'd still get no acceptance?
0156 adele #50: my own terms	Adele ponders how she's getting sick of having to skulk around to take care of her personal needs, noting that she's losing weight because it's easier not to eat than to interact with humans as often. After listening to some classical music at night in the library, she heartily wishes she were in a position to establish herself and give what she has to offer instead of just sampling what the human world has to offer while in hiding.
0160 adele #51: human contact	Adele is skimming the crime section of the newspaper in a caf� when a young man seeking human contact drops in on her for a conversation. Adele thinks about how she should relate to human society despite being outside of it.
0166 adele #52: a step backwards	After leaving the coffeehouse where she had "human contact," Adele tries to read the paper and solve mysteries, but she's too distracted by her own thoughts. She ponders the past and tries to dig up its relics, and philosophizes about the effects of her past on her present.
0181 adele #53: diving	After being inspired by a fairy tale book, Adele tries a mirror, then water, as a divination tool. She compares and contrasts what different types of divination are for, and then uses the water to gaze at her purpose.