Maybe one of these days. The Sixth can't be cagey forever. [And Viktor, unlike nosy interlopers, is the type of person Palamedes would be inclined to tell about all of the Library's studies - someone interested in the study, and not the ability to say they know. It's very nuanced. And ah, it sounds halfway like he has designs on freely zipping back to the Sixth, so by way of explanation:] I never forget anything I've read — so one day, sure.

[He nods along to Viktor's survey suggestions, adding to the notes - and making a preemptively exasperated face about "too much jargon." Someone else will have to edit their survey for them, he can already feel it — someone with a taste for terseness. Just keeping it realistic.]

We'll have to keep careful records - maybe a follow-up survey? The time spent in this place would have to factor in to the magical saturation of the individual's blood, have you dealt with corruption?

[He's going to need a bigger notebook. It occurs to him that this step, the surveying, should happen after the initial bloodstone tests, and so they are truly getting ahead of themselves, but he makes himself a note to bring the stones next time and circles it a hasty few times. There - perfect.

Then, chalkboards-] On wheels? I was just lamenting not having one the other day. Those are a little too big for me to walk off with unnoticed, or I'd start a life of crime. You could pretend not to know me in public.

[Ha ha. How much does a chalkboard cost. He will find out. For now he nods at Viktor's open notebook, holding out a hand.]

May I? Why don't we trade, you can start us on a list of supplies we'll need to experiment with the stones. You're the crystal expert.