I found it amongst my belongings this morning. I'm not sure what for, exactly, but a boon, no?

[ that's what astarion is for? to watch out for the horrors? he'll let him look as much as he wants - the book itself is all in a cipher that gale appears to be working on breaking, with all of his new journals in hand.

there is a drawing on this particular page that looks exactly like a mark gale has on his chest though. ]

Oh, all of it is about magic. It's the notes of Karsus himself, supposedly. It's-- if that is true, this is exciting. Very exciting.