[quote=KatherinWinter]
What about putting the metal in the mix when making the paper?
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Inefficient I guess. You'd have to recycle the paper and that wouldn't always be likely. 

How I picture Kijani running into battle is having a thick-ass book in her hands and she recycles the paper out of it so efficiently, keeping it undamaged throughout the fight. hahaha

She'd even have like, a giant map or scroll hung onto her back, like some giant papercut haha