The reaction he gives her is met with a surprised laugh. He's certainly keen to get going!

"I'm afraid the Tinkers have the source book now. I'm to bring the wasps to them so they can extract the information and put it in the book. We can't get it straight from the wasps. They're connected to the book. But anyway, then I assume the put it through some tests to make sure the information's coming through correctly. They definitely want to make copies for all the Academy libraries, and I'm guessing being able to purchase a source book for home use will come later."