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She patted Elsa on the shoulder as she glided past like a ship under sail.
That will require a WS test for Irene. Elsa does not like to be condescendingly patted on the shoulder.
Re: dwarfs: Elsa is not willing to let the dwarfs set their own guards, but she
would allow some kind of dwarf liaison who may come check on the book room at any time and make sure the guards are taking their job seriously. (Letting them regularly check on the book itself would be a hassle since it would force Elsa to cast her Magic Alarm over and over.)
We could also allow the dwarfs to get to know the human guards assigned to the books, e.g. via a night of drinking. If the dwarfs have any misgivings about some of the guards, those guards will be reassigned to other duties, as long as the dwarfs are being reasonable about it and not obviously trying to get everyone fired over flimsy excuses. And yes, I know that 'reasonable dwarfs' is asking for a lot.
In addition, we could offer the dwarfs a solution to prove that the book has been left undisturbed: let them use sand (or some similar substance) to trace dwarf runes on top of the chest, so that any attempt to open the chest would erase the runes. I am assuming that the dwarfs have too little faith in humans to believe them capable of reproducing the runes perfectly.