Swamped

There's a book just lying in the corner. It looks like a storybook for children.

And it also looks like it was done by hand, not printed. You wonder if it belongs to the nurse. You flip through it briefly - not expecting much, but maybe some sign of who the owner is...

And then you do a double-take as you think you see Captain Long's face.

It's a striking resemblance at first glance, but it's not that close when you take another look. Mostly it's the same mustache, similar hair, and the wizard's staff the character is carrying.

Looking that closely at the face, however, reminds you a lot of the sketchbook Marshall showed you. The overall art style is very different, so you doubt it's the same person - not to mention how old they'd have to be. But the faces are similar enough that you wouldn't be surprised if this artist trained the other one.

Which might be an interesting lead to pursue if you were trying to figure out who had drawn the sketchbook, but that would be pretty far down on your priority list even if you managed to make it back to your own time, and hells, even if you found a way off the airship afterwards. Still, you can't help but take a glance over it out of curiosity.

Oddly, though the book is written in what looks like Kandrian, the title page is in Common. Not that it clarifies much - Written by Light, drawn by Shadow. Clearly pseudonyms.

And the title of the story doesn't tell you that much, either.