He gave them that grin. "Whisper, they think they are more alpha than you.<br/><br/>Bye!"<br/><br/>Once they found the book, he started reading it from start to finish, though he first cast protection from fire and resist fire on the book, in case the mage had put an exploding rune in it. He wanted to summarize the book to the backers, so they would be able to refine the search further.