It made her appreciate his efforts all the more. He must have gone back to his home to get the books—for there was no reason for him to have brought them to the island before their first contact. It also explained why he had failed to produce a chalkboard for this meeting. Like her, he was leaving his home for these meetings. Unlike her, he probably couldn’t go back for the night. She wished their language had been similar. She could have taught him a teleportation spell that would have saved him a lot of travel time.