[ Albus beams to step inside, slinging the stack from beneath his arm and into neat place beside the biscuits. ]

Thank you kindly -- but I do believe that I've got it! Lovely room, Miss Carnahan, I confess some envy for the decor.

[ That smile rifles into a grin as he gestures to a shelf. ]

I hope that you won't think it amiss to add to the set. From the library, these, although their policies seem generous. Nothing too interesting, but I thought that you might enjoy some passages. There's an essay on varieties of sphinx by a Mr. Scamander that's particularly good. And another -- well. More of a yarn, really, sure to drive you up a wall for all its inaccuracies, but a ripping bit of fiction all the same.

Still! I'm lapsing into the bad habits of the bookish. How have you been?