Thus the question remained as to what he ought to do with the discovery.
The tall man stared at it for a long moment, before breathing a sigh and opening the tome in his hands.
It was a large book, hard cover and intricately bound, with a surface that seemed almost mirrored, framed by artfully crafted black material whose texture gave away little of its composition. It looked a little like wood and a little like metal, and yet not quite either.