"I wasn't sure what you'd like, so I assembled most of my favourites except for the rulebook of an extremely complicated game that went out of fashion several centuries ago," he says, spooning up a spoonful of nuts and grains and berries. "If I was wrong and you would like the rulebook of an extremely complicated game that went out of fashion several centuries ago, I can bring you a transcription next time. What produced all that colourful dust? I've never seen anything like it."