[yanks his finger back and closes the book quietly.

right. he'll shift into a dragon, fly up to the ceiling, and get a Heresy use in by carving the stone into a loop he can tie some of the twine from the protective barrier through. he wants to create a sturdy system to suspend the lantern a comfortable distance above the desk, so it can't still be reached but can't be knocked over, with its light illuminating a larger circle below.]