"The borrowing," she says, mildly, although it's not an answer that negates Xas's guess. Just, you know, also. "They don't remind me of home, and I think I like keeping things." She certainly never lets go of the dreams she collects, stored into some preternatural vault of memory.

She nods, once. "Apparently. I guess so they can send around lone sharks to come collect if you don't return anything." She's joking, but also unsure of what does happen if you're late with them. (A fee, spoiler alert.) "Why the eleventh? Or is that a stupid question?"