"I don't know if I would be comfortably feeding it actual books," Caleb said, because whilst he admittedly liked the creature, he didn't want to sacrifice good books to it. "If you have any scrap parchment around then that will suffice, though. I appreciate the offer." There were scraps he could pick up at work, too. Notes they'd taken during stock takes, scribbled lists of things they needed, Caleb just gathered them up and brought them home.
His frown at his new pet turned to a frown at Beau. "Why would I invite you over here to ask you to immediately leave?" he asked. "Unless you and Mollymauk cannot be in the same room, which I know isn't true, then you can stay as long as you wish. Perhaps we should ask Jester over, too. It would be nice to have everyone in the same room again. We should arrange that soon- if we get drunk enough perhaps we can all get matching tattoos-" Caleb was pretty sure that was something he could be talked into given the chance. And given the three of their friends that were here, it wouldn't be difficult to persuade him.