I also want to highlight this video, which looks at the situation from a perspective of understanding how this type of thing works in a neurodivergent brain. I am convinced this is the One True Take on what is going on re: Audra and her world.

youtu.be/wLj6oIaS2D4?...

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Truthfully, though, libraries *want* people who "don't believe in us" to get a library card and use our services. We want ppl to realize how much we do for our community and how important free access to information is to a democracy. That's the only way people might change their minds.

(This might be too niche of a reference for people who weren't obsessed with the Eragon books as children, so, for context, Nar Garzhvog is the leader of the Urgal army, who are basically orcs and get a redemption arc later in the series. Nasuada is a human leader who KICKS ASS.)