Bronze Gods

After two hours of digging through old scrolls and leather tomes, Mikani paused to stretch. He glared at the rows of stacked papers and documents, trying to intimidate them into giving up any useful information that they might be hiding. Hells and Winter, I’ve spent more time among books the past two weeks than in the last two years.
“It’s a valiant effort, but I don’t think the documents find you frightening.”
“They should. I have the power to burn them all.”
“And then we’ll get arrested for destroying valuable city property.”
“I’d charge them with obstructing an investigation.”