Theo's demeanor changed with the next question. He hunched over and rested his chin on his arms, just staring at the wall. "Well, that's because Matt likes'em and he can't really do it himself anymore. A knight's horse stepped on his foot one day and that was it. He isn't fit to do much besides sit around and be a scribe, but no one wants to hire a cripple for that."<br/><br/>As for the books themselves, the one's he'd stolen seemed to fit a general theme. There was one on magical reagents, two on taxidermy, one on the philosophy of ownership, and the last looked like a journal of sorts. The first three were written by different people, but the last two had the same handwriting.