"Healing is unfortunately not as much my forte, alchemical potions aside. If I can spare it I should get a book of common recipes, outside of the few mentioned in The Tetradecatheon and Their Rites regarding Flammite and Erandan healing decoctions..."

And then he notices that he's being stared at. He, not the book.

"...may I help you?" he asks, a note of annoyance in his voice.