"Hello. I am under instruction from a mysterious old woman, I have a complicated procedure to fix all of this, and she said you'd be willing to help." Out comes his copy of the materials-and-what-to-do-with-them list. It is missing the bathing and whipping and shift snuggling instructions, but everything relevant to him is present. She offers it to him.

"I'll be happy to explain it if anything seems unclear or confusing."