[Sorry man, that's how Nick expresses affection.]

So only in extreme circumstances, then.

[He can't help a grin at that.]

But then I'd have to come up with another reason for why you're passed out, and 'he fainted when he read this book' is more entertaining.

[Nick'd marked the most relevant ones with post-its, which have translations written on them for the entries in a different language. The first is Blutbad, a wolf-like creature with red eyes; Schakal, a jackal-like creature; and Coyotl, a coyote creature.]

Yeah, but that'd mean it'd be some kind of information that's actually useful.