Carradoc leans agains the doorpost, still wary of any surprises. He does not search the room, but will offer to carry the gold that is found. When he sees Damien's interest in the crossbow mechanism, he briefly considers the impact of such a deceive on the mass market.
Thoughts float into one's head unexpectedly of course, even for a wizard. The idea that comes upon him then is of the banks of scrolls, surely magical scrolls, that had been left in the room earlier.
"Before we're done here," he says, "I'd like to go back and visit that scribe we met. I've just had an idea."
Carradoc exhales. He'd been holding his breath while thinking.
"But first let's head to the door here..." (he points to the door at the north of the corridor) "...unless we want to tackle the statues in the long this room that's right here too?"