Samael was far past the point of surprise these days, but that didn't mean he wasn't going to look when there was a sudden cry followed by an equally sudden plop of something hitting the ground to his right. It just meant he didn't look the exact moment he heard the sound. He looked the moment after he heard the sound.
So he saw the skinny Fae girl on the high wall, he saw the bird on her shoulder, and he saw the book on the ground. Blinking once, Samael then stepped closer to look at the book. Elemental Magic: A Definition.
Well, if that wasn't simple, he didn't know what was.
One, two more steps closer and he reached down to pick up the book. If she was learning elemental magic, she'd probably need more than just a definition.
Learning to read the human language was definitely not a mistake. Only so many people could, so in addition to learning more things from the few books there were to find, that was one more way to help someone -- reading things to them if they couldn't otherwise. And then, there were times like these, where reading was just a nice skill to have to understand the situation better.
Instead of handing it back as he looked back up at the girl who had dropped it, he kept it in his hands. He was going to give it back in just a moment -- there was just a question to ask first.
"Are you trying to learn magic?"