"We thought you had been attacked by ruffians," Aldus explains cheerfully. "If it was just the tree, then I don't have to worry about leaving the brothers without warning them." "You have left the Orderhouse?" "Father Gethyl instructed me to go on a pilgrimage." He grimaces. "In order to consider the meanings of my vows with respect to telling the truth. And hiding nothing from my brethren." "I see." There's nothing else Inric can really say to that. Copper interrupts the conversation by forcing his head under the flap of Aldus' bag. "I believe you have my book," Inric says.