In the time Charles was gone, Edwin had moved his research to the desk where he could spread it out, even changing out the initial books Charles had gathered for him for different ones, he'd even re-drawn the rune circle on a larger sheet of blotter paper instead of just a page of his notebook so he could see it more fully, though that didn't actually make it make any more sense.

He blinked up at Charles' arrival, brow creasing at the amount of food, though his tone was amused, even fond as he said, "Good lord, Charles, is your plan to feed an army?" He knew that it was more likely just Charles' having missed eating in general and wanting to make sure they had options, but it still amused him, though his brow creased a little further, "I know we didn't have this much left in the jar."