Carefully, he slid off the lid from that golden case. It moved without any resistance at all, as though thousands of tiny hands were helping him remove it from the inside. And then bared was the simple mahogany wood of which the scripture had been wrapped around.
He pinched the end, and drew it out gently, treating it with the greatest amount of respect. Contrary to all the finery that surrounded it, the scroll itself looked fairly ordinary. A wooden cylinder as it's mantle, and it's parchment carefully wrapped around.
Finding the end, he drew it out, so that he might inspect it further. It really did look incredibly simple, even when opened. It was written by the hand of a normal man, and was not embellished with calligraphy or diagrams.
"Oh, it's upside down." Gengyo realized, after he was unable to decipher what it's contents were attempting to communicate.
