"W-I'm...I'm not..."
"Really.."
"Y-yeah-"
He holds it more up
"Okay.."
He goes to sit under the tree, still hiding his face with the book-and promptly runs into said tree, causing the book to fall out of his hands
"Dummy, look what you did."
He grabbed the book, poofing away with it
"W-hey!"
He looks around for Marcus-revealing that he has a rather pronounced black eye-the reason why he couldn't see too well while flying
"Poor eye...."
"Ah-it's-it's nothing...."
"I'd heal it. but I don't have mAgIcAl PoWeRs like the kings little hubby."