"There's worse things to be," Albus smiled vaguely. Overprotective, as far as he was concerned, was a big improvement on the alternative. Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out a scrap of parchment covered in his small, cramped script. Slotting it between the pages as a makeshift bookmark, he shut the volume and placed it on the table beside him. Bright eyes made their way back to Jamie, a glint of curiosity making its way into the electric blue.
"Do you need any help?" he offered, finally. Finding references to a single curse, especially one old enough to be quoted in 'Punishing Transfigurations' was almost a literal example of a 'needle in a haystack'.