Phoenix grits his teeth, but tries to comply with Sonic's request. It doesn't really change his opinion on the situation, though.

As he flits through the book one last time, the ripped pages only now just occur to him. He runs a finger along one of the ripped edges. "Uh... is it probably a bad sign if somebody apparently decided some of the pages in a book about demons are worth keeping independent of the book?" he asks.