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She reaches into her pouch - which is rather large for a pouch, you now notice - and pulls out a picture book.

"I read this to the quartermaster's daughter last week. It's a bit of a weird one. A forgotten god speaks to people in their dreams, and a wizard goes into the dream world to fight it." She flips through it and opens to a two-page spread. "It's got a bit where the wizard draws a magic symbol on the floor of a ship to make it float. So it could have been one of the kids trying to imitate the book."

"What, with a knife?" you ask. "The symbol was carved into the floor."

You also find something weirdly familiar about the art style in the book.

"Well, we don't have a lot of pens that can make a good marking on the floor around here. And Suzy's snuck into the storerooms before. So I wouldn't be shocked if she did it. And the way Wiz was talking earlier, it sounded like the symbol itself can be magic. Of course, this picture doesn't show it straight-on, so it's probably safe in here, but maybe Suzy figured out how to draw the rest of it."

She hands it to you.

"Maybe Wiz can have a look at that. Might help you figure out if it really was little Suzy."

Well. This is a chance to have a closer look at it for your own sake, too. That's pretty convenient.

But you may want to ask her some more questions before you head off.