[Might as well! He's taken a seat at the table by the time Ash gets back outside.]

Place is pretty much a thrift store, but they had practically new notebooks-- really nice ones, check it out. [He grabs the one he bought. Pretty much entirely unused and leather-bound.] Plus, they had a box set of books from a series I've wanted to get into for a while.

[He gets that out and sets it on the table, but then pauses when he looks in the bag again.]

... Wait, I didn't buy that, how'd that get--

[And that's when he pulls out what is definitely an ARCUS.]