[His eyes widen. It's impressive power. Very impressive power. He touches the book, careful. Anything with a flat metal surface—some mirrors, any sword and most shields, so much of what they have.]

[But he does have one paranoid concern, which he expresses in a creased brow as he looks up to her.] You say it was a boon. Can the monarchs trace the network through it, gain access to it, as it comes from a gift they gave themselves?