Valerion chuckled, gently. "Maybe I'll read it when we return downstairs. But, now --".

Adrien's eyes widened: "-- oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to derail --".

"No, no, don't worry", Valerion said, his voice soft. "Talking is good, but we have to begin sooner or later". He handed the staff to Adrien, who thanked him with a nod; Adrien turned the staff in his hands several times, admiring its intricate decorations, before raising his eyes and looking at Valerion again.

"So, should I draw a circle or an arc?".

"You can start with a few circles, then you can move to arcs when you start feeling too dizzy for full circles", Valerion said with a light laugh. "Please draw this first circle freely and with no objective other than the drawing of the circle itself, so that I can give you further instructions. These first circles are just for testing the shapes, anyway".