An expert? [Okay, that makes him laugh.] I'm not sure I'd go that far, but I'll keep you updated.

[He pauses, looking back over the charms one last time, a little skeptical but also somewhat thoroughly. You never know when you might find something useful hidden under a piece of junk, right? Maybe that's not a bad metaphor for him, either. ... Not that now's the time to be working out poetry about his journey or anything like that.]

If I can ever find something more useful than protection from leaky pipes, that is.