"I don't want to be an inconvenience," Hawthorne replies with some trepidation. He doesn't much like the prospect of being taken care of forever, a prisoner of the library, and he furrows his brow, scowling thoughtfully as he tries to come up with an alternate plan.

It doesn't take long. The Bad Luck Curse tends to inspire him, as luck to provide him a solution as to foil him. "What if we knocked all the shelves over, domino-style. Everyone would be so overwhelmed, the chances they'd be impressed rather than angry are very high."

He did absolutely zero math to come to this conclusion. It's just a feeling.