[interlude: a piece of paper left in the library]

[a piece of paper, lightly creased, can be found on the floor of the library underneath the table where Aornis was seated; the handwriting is neat and flowing but a little slanted]

Aleksander (?)
Annie (?)
Asmodean (?)
Aziraphale
Clarissant
Claudius (?)
Crowley
Enjolras
Galahad
Grantaire
Gu Xiang (?)
Janet
Laertes [circled]
Lan Wangji
Lancelot [circled]
Luo Binghe (?)
Magnus (?)
Mothwing
Nightingale (?)
Nina (?)
Qi Yan (?)
Ragnelle
Sagramore [circled]
SecUnit (?)
Shen Yuan
Susan
Temeraire
Tress [circled]
Wei Wuxian

[[Assuming multiple people can pick up this paper and look at it — if they even see it! Feel free to write a reaction comment.]]