The idyllic settings gave Tehr a chance to think about what the apprentice had said.  Had he just been lucky?   Or had something wanted him to take the book out of the library?   It was more than possible that a mage could have suppressed the warding on the book.  But who would do that, and why?  Another thought that occurred to him seemed to be even more disturbing, maybe the book somehow recognized him as a practitioner of blue magic?  Tehr had heard stories of books that weren't exactly alive... but somehow were possessed of power.  That they could almost act on their own.  He'd always thought such things were mere fairy tales, but still, he wasn't willing to dismiss the thought completely.<br/><br/>That's when he noticed the cross, painted blue.  "Odd," he muttered quietly to himself as he went to inspect the cross.  Could this be the 'way' that would be opened for him?  The blue cross signified the queen's knights he figured, and touched the cross, looking for a catch, latch, or other sign of some sort that might point the next step.