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How do I use the red and blue books in the library?
1 of 3: If you put the pages of the corresponding colors in the books, you'll learn that you need to get more pages.
2 of 3: Each of these pages will come from other areas of the game -- in specific, you should get one of each color per age that you visit.
3 of 3: Eventually, the people in the books will tell you their stories and give you some more useful information.