And he lucks out again! It’s just some shitty geometry textbook? When he picks it up, though, instead of a memory rushing over him, he feels that nudge in his mind of a potential memory... the way it feels when there's one waiting in his own bracelet. He does get the sense that, as with his own memories, he could just give in to that mental pressure and let it in… but probably, he’d just see it himself, rather than returning it to Laios.

The wok is well-tended and beautifully seasoned, shiny inside. When he picks it up, an image flashes through his mind, along with a deep sense of admiration—even idolization—and respect.

For a moment he finds himself thinking deeply about the human impact on ecosystems... how humans can't actually extricate themselves from being part of their ecosystem, and shouldn't, but how they are able to affect it in ways that other animals can't, and how that leaves a responsibility towards stewardship. (Notably for Al, he probably gets at least a vague sense that the definition of "human" here does not mean, exclusively, "tallman" but more like "sapient person" but this info dump isn't specifically about that.)

The sword rattles violently in its scabbard when he gets close. If he goes to pick it up, it suddenly skips across the ground away from him! Does he chase it...?