Most of what Glendower had said had gone right through Cutty. Well, some of it at least. His head felt like it was throbbing and his fever was taking hold once more making him tired and robbing him of his normally sharp attentiveness. He resolved to fight it off and it painted a scowl on his flushed looking face as he went up to gather materials, aggressively taking up one silver and one gold pen. He was not in the mood to share.

He stuffed his fist with the twenty sheets of parchment, the book cover and the decorative paper before likewise taking his grip to the most uncarefully chosen array of coloured inks. He then quickly headed back to his seat and heard (although as if underwater) the voice of Professor Glendower go on about Illuminated manuscripts. As they came around he noted their romantic nature. Or maybe it was violence. Were those leaves the ladies were gathering...or where they HEARTS??! Yeah. Violence. The two guys on the animals fighting cemented that idea for Cutty and he suppressed a chortle at the term carpet page.

Raising his hand he wanted to add to the conversation. "I think the answer to one lies in the other a bit like. Of course it would last if it were made of a durable and precious material such as gold or silver. And I think the monks knew this and they were probably trying to make something that had a sense of durability and lasting so that it would mimic the lasting and eternity of God and Heaven."