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I dove right into the book, carefully opening it with my gloved hands. After a while, standing became quite uncomfortable, so I took a chair and sat down. The chairs, although upholstered, were quite hard, but it was still better than standing. There were some interesting ideas I could use for the presentation; I took out the notebook I carried to make notes and started scribbling (making sure to use another table and checking the gloves, as to not damage or smudge the book). Seeing how it's going, I'll probably be able to get enough notes in half an hour. Good. I didn't want to spend much more time on that, anyway.
The book smelled of chemicals used in conservation. Although that part of alchemy was not very interesting to me, I had some practice with the few books father had brought
