Discoveries Made

"Genoa?!" Monday remarked very curiously as he sat down at the table where Candle had been working diligently on finding out what she could about where other books or manuscripts might be that Grostman had written.

"As in Italy?" he asked somewhat surprised, but not, by Candle's discovery. Somehow it made sense that such arcane works would be found in such a historically religious place. If he remembered correctly, the city had some twenty odd churches, and that was not counting smaller, more private chapels belonging to historically wealthy families.

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Ganymede had been sitting and reading nearby when this conversation began. His ears perked up.

He knew vaguely what Candle and Monday were up to. Tracking down certain rare books to destroy them. And he didn't know entirely how he felt about that, at first - books were precious. Destroying one on purpose felt wrong.

But it was important to Candle for Grostman's books to be destroyed. And Grostman was terrible to her, and the things he made were terrible and dangerous. Ganymede understood what that was like. He wanted to help.

By the time Candle had finished speaking, Gany was sitting up, book set aside with a bookmark in place. This conversation had his full attention, but he wasn't going to chime in yet.

"Typical," Monday muttered under his breath and shaking his head, not surprised at all that this was how they came to be in hands of the church.

"It is, or was, a very common thing to do back during those times, Candle. People often donated objects of wealth or importance to the Church," Monday explained, remembering that Candle probably wasn't extremely familiar with medieval customs from beyond the veil.

"And, I'm pretty sure the books probably haven't been looked at by anyone in decades, or even centuries," he said, which was, he had to admit, both a relief and a shame. Books should generally be enjoyed, not whisked away and put on a shelf or in a display case to collect dust because they were some trophy from a wealthy patron. Although, in this case, it might have been a good thing considering who wrote them.

"Does it say whether the books are on public display or not?" Monday asked his attention now hyper-focused on Candle and her findings; also thinking whether it would be easier to secure the books from a public display case or "borrow" them permanently out of some churches private archives.

Ganymede stsrted to chime in: "I could..."

And then he second guessed himself. He was about to suggest theft. Stealing from churches in the narrow reality. It felt like a naughty and scary kind of thing to do.

But it was for a good cause. The Veil would probably approve. Monday and Candle would definitely appreciate it too, sssuming they didn't think less of him for being a thief.

"Um... I could probably go in and find the books without anyone noticing. I might even be able to take them."

Monday looked Gany's way, surprised at their suggestion, but not in a bad way. He just had not expected them to suggest such a thing. Glancing for a moment at Candle, Monday then nodded slowly.

"That could work," he said. "However, Church archives are generally huge. You could spend all day searching for the tomes. .." Monday explained, trying to think if there might be an easier way to locate the books written by Candle's old master.

"Maybe I could write to them and ask for an appointment to study the books? Tell them I am a scholar researching Grostman? And Gany can follow in unnoticed to find where the books are kept when I leave?" he suggested, not sure if Ganymede was comfortable or not with the idea.

Ganymede was deep in thought for a moment. Gathering his courage.

"...I can do it," he said. "I can turn invisible and fly, like a spirit, so... it shouldn't be too hard to sneak in after them. Unless they can still detect me somehow. Do Catholic priests know how to do anything like that?"

He'd heard things, but he had no idea how true they were. He'd never been to a church before.