Sipho hadn't technically asked Domiel for help sourcing books. Sipho did not even need Domiel's help sourcing books. Hell, Domiel was mostly certain the only reason Sipho graciously had not yet kicked him out for showing up with more books that he would then need to add to inventory came down to a combination of his unerring charm and the fact that normal Domiel ended up buying them back within a few months. Perhaps also the fact that Domiel tended to bring exotic pastries.

"I have brought you baklava from that one place on the coast with the nonna that likes me," Domiel said as he placed a tin full of pastry on the counter before his friend, "And also some classics in the original Greek. Not the original original Greek mind you, because if I got baklava on those I think I'd probably cry for a few years, but still. They're in Greek! You can put them in the Foreign Literature section. ... You have a Foreign Literature section, don't you Siph?" Domiel looked around as if the thought had not occurred to him until just now. Which, in his defense, it definitely hadn't.