"You can't copy the techniques!" The moment Lee sat at the table in the library, and took out the writing utensils, the junior elder said.
"It's the only way I can memorize. I have something like a visual memory." Lee explained, "I'll only draw and afterwards leave the drawings with you."
He had no clue what two thirds of the symbols written on the scrolls meant. In addition, there were quite a bit pictures of a person wielding a weapon in peculiar positions. Given how illiterate Lee was, he couldn't remember everything in one afternoon if he didn't draw it. But if he did, he could replicate the drawing back in his room in secret.
Of course, he didn't intend to sell or spread it afterwards. He only wanted to learn.
"Alright!" The junior elder said after giving it a bit of thought, "But I'll be here the whole time, so don't try anything funny!"