Scene 2 - The Laboratory
Silas carefully entered laboratory and imidiately got drawn to bookshelf. He watched his step going to the bookshelf and start looking at books (first any titles on the sides, then picking some out to check front/back) looking for anything particularly interesting that he might want to read or that would be worth taking with him. He planned to take as many useful books as he could carry. He pays no attention to the dwarf and let's other take care of him.
Such powerful mage must have some magic related books that might interest another mage or just books of big value. Any type of journal would also come handy to explain all the mess going on here. Group needed answers, Silas needed answers! "Does anybody have extra space in their bags? Calculating how much of this stuff we could plunder..." he whispered.