Well if found outside he's probably studying magic plants, and taking notes in his notebook. If asked about the plants he could talk her ear off about plants and magic... if she asked him to teach him to write, he would be happy to, and ask her to visit the library where he could show her how to make clay tablets and use her claws to carve the letters into the clay while it is still wet. That's the easiest way he knows if one doesn't have thumbs yet.