There's a slight huff of irritation at the sound of the stack of notes being shifted. He's not using them, of course, but it's still an imposition on his carefully defined order and that is always slightly irritating. Still, now that the food has been brought - and put into range - he can't deny that the idea is it least slightly tempting, if not yet more important than finishing with his categorizations. Any fool can cross-reference, yes. But given these are his notes, he knows exactly where to find everything and can thus be significantly more efficient with it.

"Did it?" The comment about standing is left unanswered for the time. He may get back to it later but it doesn't strike Even as the most important thing at the moment.