Ooh, press-printing makes books marvelously inexpensive. He gets a few travelogues, a couple of science books, and the book of plants, along with a variety of toys and gadgets, making a point of getting at least one with each method of functioning, storing the smallest ones in his belt and going back to the inn a few times to drop the bigger ones off in the room.
Come dinnertime, he picks up takeout and brings Ertan and it back to the room; the halfling is in a good enough mood to be interested in hearing about his afternoon and looking at some of the less intimidating machines.