Charles went to pick up the artifact and give it a closer look, then got his nose down to the book to further observe the pictures and gave a nod, "Rightly so. Well now based on your experience in the congo what does the snake generally symbolize to the people? I mean I could go on books all day, but I tend to find they give only an outsider's opinion, and we desperately need the insider's perspective."

He moved over to the book on lost languages Fisk had found him and began flipping through it with the help of his wand. Much quicker really to have the magic do the searching. Finally a grunt came forth with a bit of a "hrumm." But he wanted to hear what Fisk had to say first, just in case his own leanings were a bit off track.