Well - 'a couple of days' is possibly an underestimate, but after upwards of a thousand years, what's a few days? Still. Not long. But the look of surprise still registers briefly - did he say something wrong?

He pauses for a moment, nods - "Sure. Throw 'em on there," - and runs the rest of the ideas around in his head. "I think I can manage chuckin' stuff in hot water, yeah. But anythin' else would be good."