[ Ouma hops onto solid ground with Shuichi's assistance, grinning and dusting his hands off on the front of his pants. ]

Who knoooows? I think it'd be good if we cooperated though, even if you're not my first pick from that other game...

[ Ouma starts collecting his books off the steps, offering Shuichi the spellbook back to carry. ]

So if you wanna try and make friends with the drowning raptor or whatever, I won't stop you! But I think these books are what the head honcho here actually cares about. Not to mention I'm super good at negotiating with these types!

[ He says this, even though he has definitely ripped out a page or two of interest.

But he's also full of it, so. ]