[He would poke at her about that headshake, but there are other things at hand here. Or... well. At foot. He glances down and, sure enough, amidst the cardboard wreckage, there is a book.]

Thought there was something jabbin' me. [He'll just pick it up and flip through it off-handedly. Ahh. Lots of information in here, isn't there? A few words have already jumped out at him just flipping through.] Lemme guess... It's got all de answers, don't it? Nice of 'em to toss it in there with me.

[Sarcasm is clearly the answer here.]