Scott came to his senses at the sudden clap of thunder that berated the relatively mundane world. He felt he'd been speaking only a moment ago, though of what, or to whom, he did not know. While he vaguely contemplated the possibility of hypnotism, which wasn't a far-fetched idea for a prank at a place like Chamber's College, Scott's gaze swept the room again; the library of the Faculty House. He read again from the beginning, both admiring and suffering through the supernaturally long sentences: "Sure...why'd you set your base here?"