When Guy mentioned water, Claude's eyebrows rose. "Oh, hey, that's an idea!" he brightly said. "At the very least, it's gotta have something to do with nature, right? I mean, these leaves have to mean something, too."

Well, probably. He didn't think anyone would have to go through this kind of effort to trip them up, anyway, so it seemed like anything left behind would have to be significant.

As for John the Baptist, Claude paused as he looked at the painting again. "Well, you have to remember the political climate. The Romans didn't like people challenging their authority, and this was how they handled it."