Is that a stack of books or a stack of boxes?
Eric assumed that what he saw was a large stack of books at first sight. Alternatively, they could have been boxes. Maybe they weren’t both! To begin with, it was unclear, and Eric wasn’t ruling out any possibilities.
Were these the antique “weapons” Eric’s grandfather had mentioned? Or were they the mementos his grandmother treasured so much? Everything got a lot clearer as he dug farther inside the safe…