[ ...She almost asks what else she would do with them, but - no, okay, this is clearly something she's going to have to discuss. ]

Well, I wanted information, and the best way to get it seemed to be to go through all the things provided to me, before I went looking. [ That's also why she avoided asking about where they were or how to get home - although admittedly her status at home helped that along. ] Can I take it that you read them, too, when you first got here?

[ Given how he said that, she assumes he's not new. ]