If we are being set up for success, I would agree. There is always a chance we misunderstand their meaning, or we are being mislead, but I would hope the situation is not so antagonistic.

[ The rat leads them to a shelf and stops, looking up at them now that it's reached its destination. The Archive scans the vast selection of books in front of them. ]

We seem to have reached a destination, though the specifics are lost on me. Do you have any ideas apart from checking books one by one?