Ah. I can understand that.

[He notices the shelves, packed with books.]

I can picture you here, y'know, a little bit. Reading and stuff... But yeah, I guess this is my favorite place in the Mordechai home.

[And then more to the point.]

Okay, so tell me how these notebooks should work?

[Genuine, puppy-like curiosity now graces his face. He really wants to get how the people chronicled in his brother's notebooks warrant further investigation and the possibility of recruitment.]