Kendra almost dropped the small chest she carried when she reentered the room, then caught herself. "Of course. Father /did/ say Professor Literator was recruited under unusual circumstances. I did not expect to see the features of a dragon, however." The chest itself was oak bound in iron, its lock matching the key Quentan held in design; trying that key, it turned easily.<br/><br/>The chest contained several tomes, some old, some newer, sitting padded in a velvet-clad interior. Scratched into the leather cover of the top book are the words 'Read me now!'. The other books, on visual inspection, appear to be the material the professor wanted returned to Lepidstadt. One of them, its leather cover dyed in rich purple, appeared particularly unusual; its edges qwre rimmed in steel, and it was held shut with a lock that seemed to take a strange key with a diagonal shaft. Tucked under the steel lock, easily removed, was a small note requesting this book to be returned - discreetly! - to Her Honour Judge Embreth Daramid, at her home address. The other three should go to Professor Montagnie Crowl of the Antiquities and Archaeology department, at his office at Lepidstadt University.