[Kaveh did often say Alhaitham could stand to put his books down and socialize with other people more often. Unfortunately, Alhaitham is going to proceed to do everything but that.

But that's a problem for future Kaveh and Alhaitham, because present Alhaitham at least has new information to turn over in his mind that doesn't require cause trouble elsewhere.]

The doors wouldn't open until I did. I'm sure the answers to it are important to whoever is behind this. [So, yes. His gaze flickers over the page Kaveh's left the book at.] I think all explanation about this place is being deliberately obscured from us, but I haven't been here long enough to find the real difference between what's unwritten and what's this. [He gestures with the book for emphasis.] It could just be another distraction... but if it is, we seem to have plenty of time to figure it out.

[Of course, only Alhaitham could retain such an unhurried attitude when plucked away into some sort of eerie faux-city.] So what's your assessment of the City so far? You took long enough that you must have noticed oddities about it.