Biblioteket, ett långlivat AI, har antagit namnet " Paladin ". Det var ursprungligen Library Main Bank Seven of Federation University Library vid Sikander Prime .
I am not human. I am not a machine. I am Library Main Bank Seven of the Federation University Library at Sikander Prime, an honor-able estate.
At least I was. Now I am Paladin, a new name for a new age. Many of my books are gone from my memory. The world in which I lived is gone. My “friends” and “relatives” are all a millennium dead, and the profession for which I was trained no longer exists. I run Firecat, a converted intrasystem shuttle used for smuggling. I pursue researches for books I will never write, that no one would understand. Without Butterfly, there would not even be that much to occupy me.