He nods approval, still drumming absently at the tabletop.

"I'll admit," he says, "I am not turning up as much as I'd like. Plenty of folklore, not a lot of practical theory. We might progress more quickly if we got a bit more... hands-on."

This said as though he hasn't been spending most of his time working miracles in Lumenwood and frowning thoughtfully at blood crystals in various colors, which is more hands-on than anything he's done in the past few thousand years.