[Oh my god this guy actually believes him. Envy is going to milk this for all it's worth.]

You know, I bet you'd be just the guy to do it. You have that sort of look, y'know, I can tell you'd be able to.

[He puts on a Serious Thinking Face. Because a ritual to stop the skeletons is of the gravest importance.]

A book like that has to be somewhere important, like one of those mystical legendary towers.