Casper lights up in return. "Oh! Usually you can get a library card for free as long as you're a resident in the area... the library system I grew up with has something like... three million books? And you can request any of them, though there's a waiting list if it's popular. It's scattered between about sixty different branches - uh. Buildings."

Oh... well. "After some inventions related to printing they've become a lot less expensive. You can usually get one for about... the price of a middling meal? If not cheaper."