Ch 40: The unofficial Beauty Department

Ari sat quietly on her mother's lap. The book she and her mother were reading was over twice her height, and the letters were as tall as her finger. Her mother was reading alone, as she had already read the entire page and remembered all the details. She couldn't claim to understand everything she had just read, but her father was a walking encyclopedia and would answer all her questions later. She was glancing around the room, trying to distract herself while she waited on her mom to catch up.

The room she was in was a massiv