[ He'll take her assurance for what it is, since it's really all he can ask of her. He can warn her of the danger, since he's perhaps the best person there is to give such a warning, but he can't make her follow those recommendations. If she's misled by what a creature like him could offer, then so be it. That would just have to be something he would deal with if it came, at this point.

As her attention turns to the spellbook, his attention follows, and it gets him to smile gently. He seems encouraging, though he's just as indifferent in truth. This is just a door into another matter he had been wanting to ask about too. ]

Ah, perhaps, or perhaps not. You did use some sort of magic to help Miss Liddell, did you not? I was—

[ He laughs, shaking his head. ]

Well, to say I was surprised would be an understatement!