[Sometimes your wizards are human, you guess.]

...

[The question startled him a bit. His mouth hang opens slightly as he tries to figure out what to say.]

I told him a while back to leave the book be, but... I think he still was researching it anyway.

I... offered to look over it with him after... your trial so I could keep an eye on what he was doing with it, but also give him a distraction from your loss.