Balderra
"Well, they're half-elves, so of course they're odd." the man replied. "And, I don't know. They might accept people from outside, but it's... well, it's a family. They're all related somehow. So maybe not."
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Montreal
Shana would learn about the first known contact with interdimensionals; an incident in Tokyo, Japan. Two groups of interdimensionals had become involved in a conflict, one group merfolk and another more varied. The merfolk had attempted to take over, and sink, the city. However, thanks to the assistance of the other interdimensionals, including some diplomacy, the attempt had been thwarted. The merfolk were noted to be living in the waters around an uninhabited island.
The book would also contain what information was on record, from interviews and such, about the interdimensionals. The majority of the information was on Joel and the other automail engineers, an alien woman known as Phaesan who had worked with XCOM in its early days, and on the more hostile interdimensionals such as a company known as Desperado.
Meanwhile, Zev was perusing the library's trashy vampire romance fiction.