> ... Rennyb took another step forward, and the raven's eyes flared
> with sanguine-hued fire ... the air trembled with static ...
> ... their eyes locked ... neither moved ... but, Rennyb had the
> distinct feeling that somewhere ... someone ... something else was
> watching ...

Rennyb stepped back and smiled upwards at the posturing raven.
"It seems you, or something which works through you, disapproves of
my searching the Library? Have you some other notion? Or a message
perhaps? Or are you prescribing a rule for me, such as I have
prescribed for others in this game?"

Rennyb stepped back again and bowed politely towards the Raven which
still stared with burning eyes, then turned to move down a different
corridor...