“That’s always where the real magic lies.” Palamedes makes a face. “Which sounds awfully sentimental, but I think there’s some truth to it. Sometimes I think we rely too much on psychometry, back on the Sixth. Some junior scholars are so caught up trying to read a thalergenic signature that they don’t even look at a manuscript.” He gives a disappointed sort of sigh. “Looking for molecular traces, they forget the people. At least with a place like this, that’s a little more difficult to do.”