[Without nodding or otherwise acknowledging her answer, Eli took the books from Vianca, deliberately brushing her fingers gently against her smaller, paler hands. A vague feeling of embarrassment crept up Eli's spine, but she brushed it off. Instead, she looked over the titles she'd taken and then back to the bookcase to place them in their proper spot.

She was significantly taller than the Pikmin, but she still had to stretch herself on to the tips of her toes to place some of the books.]

Are you still the only one working here?