[ Thank goodness Ryo is here to tell them what these things are... Pyra wouldn't have been able to identify them. ]

I'm alright, I'm alright... thank you. [ The book still shakes in her hands, as if it's trying to break free. She'd feel bad about actually destroying it. ]

If they're protecting anything, maybe it's just the information contained within them? [ That's her best guess, for all she knows! Information is pretty valuable, after all. ] Maybe there's a way to-- [ "---get them to stop," is what she had been about to say but then another book decides to take life off the shelf and fly at them. ]