"They actually link together. If I hadn't gone to the Bay first, I probably wouldn't have thought of this; and if I hadn't found the manuscript, even if I knew, I'd be powerless to do anything."
Lance felt a strange sort of sensation, like a math problem he'd racked his brains over and still couldn't solve, only to suddenly realize he'd already seen the answer somewhere.
Exploration and research really do have a special kind of fun to them, especially that surprise when some past harvest you'd forgotten about suddenly becomes useful.
Once he figured it out, Lance's mood began to lighten, and he refocused his attention on the Beast Lair.
What had been a sweep-and-clear perspective turned into an exploratory, research mindset, and his attitude shifted along with it.
The Beast Lair definitely hid the old ancestor's research results; he might very well stumble upon even more interesting things.
If there was already a lead on the red bottle, then what about the blue bottle?
