[ alex narrows his eyes a little at jon's obvious inclination to answer with something different originally, but ultimately decides it must be some symptom of the implanted memories (though he's curious what the first choice was going to be, regardless).

he straightens a little when it becomes clear that jonathan is offering to try and help him find some of the things he's looking for, pulling a slightly worn looking notebook from his pocket and flipping to one page in it. ]

Um. Stuff to do with electronics and machinery? [ he struggles for a moment to pin down the precise words for what he wants, when he's not even totally sure himself, then brandishes one of his bandages hands in front of the librarian to help illustrate his next point. ]

Something I can use to avoid something like this happening the next time I try to take apart something to get an idea of how it works.