Hobbes smiled and nodded as he said, "Thank you." Then he backed away, trying not to be any more of a nuissance. Once he felt he was a safe enough distance away, he turned and headed for the shelves where Aldbert had indicated. Reaching for the large volume, he slid it away from the others books and toted it to a table to begin looking through it.<br/><br/>Hobbes was looking for a section on portents and the inter-relation between one event and another. He was fairly certain that there was a connection between the treasure hunt announcement and the sudden arrival of the snow store. How the two events could be connected he had no clue, except that if they were, he hoped to find out more through the suggestions in the book.