"That's true, but I don't know for sure that he would see it that way. If nothing else he might think he was competing for suppliers with them."

"In that case the quandary is convincing him that we'll be more willing to supply him if he's cooperative."

"Are there any other magic shops in this Avalon, do you know? I wouldn't expect so, but if there were we might be able to get the benefit of working with him without the awkwardness of poor first impressions."

"Just the one for the Toronto Avalon. Closest other one that I've heard of is Niagara."

"Worth looking into, but not to the exclusion of this one," he concludes. "Alright."

"I do want to check out the Niagara one at some point and see how it's different, though."

"Yes. You said you visit your father for holidays; where does he live? It would be worth doing to see if there was an Avalon there."

"Middle of nowhere, B.C.. I checked and the nearest Avalon is in the middle of some different nowhere, rather than a city, but if I wanted to drive all day long I could get to Vancouver or Seattle or Spokane or Calgary."

"Aha. Well, it might be worth looking into, at some point, but probably not by, say, the next time you visit."

"I'll probably want to check in on the middle-of-nowhere-B.C. Avalon just on principle but I don't find it urgent, yeah."

Nod.

"You have any travel plans?"

"Not specifically. I might develop some, if there was a reason. Perhaps I'll take the opportunity to go to Niagara. That's always worth doing." He smiles. "I still remember the first time I saw the falls--I was six, and we had just come here from Poland. Mother thought it would be a good experience for us. It was amazing."

"Aww. I've been one time, I was nine."

"I've been twice since."

"I know it's not that far but when Ren decides she wants to go somewhere it's usually someplace she hasn't been, and I haven't taken the time by myself." Pause. "We could go sometime."

"I think that would be lovely."

"If we figure out how to turn invisible first I am totally getting up close to the falls on the wing."

"...If we figure out selective invisibility can I watch, that sounds gorgeous, there should be a, a painting of that."

"Um, that sounds complicated."

"True. Well, I have enough of a mental image to tell that it sounds gorgeous, maybe I'll tell my sister's artist friend about that."

"Who's her artist friend?"

"Um, Kelly I think her name is, they have an art class together and Kelly is significantly more enthusiastic about the whole thing than Jaromira is."

"You are welcome to suggest that she paint a light blue wyvern strafing Niagara Falls."

"I think I will."