III. Temple of the Goddess
I can't cast any spells. I can only decipher the book a word at a time, which I have to copy down so I can read the next. This is going to take a long time.
Deniv gets his stuff together, what little there is. Forgive me, wise Athena, he says as he tears free the drapes hiding the statue. Cutting one with his dagger into four pieces, he folds them into into makeshift backpacks. Keeping one to carry the other, full drape, spellbook, dried ink board, quill, captain's log, his arrowhead blades, and what is left of the crossbow bolts, he gives the others to Rebeccah, Jory, and Lam. Soon, he has his dagger belted about his waist, and both pack and quiver slung on his shoulders, all over the stolen cloak. He then takes up the looted shortbow.
I'm as ready as I'm going to get.