Liches, they're everywhere. Well, it's just the one lich who's everywhere. Can't even visit the wizards without liches coming up.

“I’m curious how that works… Can you teach your familiar spells, or does it learn on its own, or is it though some divine patron?”

"Familiars can teach each other spells, or be taught them by their casters, or receive them from a patron--our patrons aren't gods, though, they're the same kind of spirit that shamans work with." 

"Mine do the same thing. Familiars share the spells. It's the best way to be wizard underwater."

"You're from underwater?"

"Indeed, miss! The great brackish lagoons around Acisazi are traditionally considered part of the Empire. Many people live underwater there. I'm the delegate from the Underwater county. It's not all underwater, just most of it."

"That's so cool!"

“Is that approach teachable or do you need a spirit or whatever to pick you like Gods pick clerics?  One of the limits on newer ‘working’ wizards is purchasing ink for spells…”

Well that sounds crazy. People are weird though. What do they want here? 

Yeah, spell ink is expensive, but putting spells in a familiar is probably more expensive. Everything's expensive. That's why Lluïsa's here for free food.

"Delegate Lluïsa! Delegate Leo! Thank you so much for attending our humble affair! I'm overjoyed you could both make it!"

"I learned it, and I never needed a spirit for it. We should talk."

“I personally am happy with my spellbook and finances at the moment… but you could revolutionize the economics of wizard education.”

He pointedly looks at Professor Coeliaris.

"You need to get picked to become a shalyene, but I have no idea if that's separable from how we do familiars." 

Professor Coeliaris doesn't like Fernando's idea at all. Books are the best, and spellbooks are the best books. 

She nods, seriously. "I shall give it my full attention as soon as I have a spare moment."

"My thanks. I have also with me my Employee," this sort of thing being a lot more ordinary among wizards, "who is a Librarian on its own Home Plane."

It has left her cloak and assembled itself visibly, indeed!

"Yes, greetings. I am certainly happy about anything to do with the expansion of libraries and education in this country."

"Uh, thanks for hosting. Dele-Professor Coelaris."

He doesn't know anyone else here, other than recognizing them from their floor speeches, which they are crazy enough to be giving.

"What sort of group are you organizing here tonight?" Because so far its a lot of magic theory he doesn't care about.

Whoaaaaaah. Liushna isn't sure what that is, but it's stranger than any forest-fairy she's ever seen. Beautiful.

"Fiducia Leo! Oh, it's merely a dinner party! You'll approve! Most of the dishes are purchased from various restaurants in the city, [Preserved], at the moment of cooking."

Okay, that makes him laugh a bit. "Well then, I bless this dinner. May Abadar smile on our stomachs and chefs' purses."

“I assume it’s the standard version of preserve and not Lady Eriape’s?”

She is attempting to joke, but her delivery is a bit flat.

She begins to cast detect magic to get a good look at the preserved food.  She hasn’t actually seen it in use before, so she has only the Lich version to compare it to.

Tillia giggles. "Yes, the standard preserve. My favorite spell! It's first circle, and lasts a week!"

Imagine being financially rich enough to have left over food and magically rich enough to afford wasting a slot on saving it.

Coeliaris looks at the outsider. "You are a heavenly emissary, I hear? What do you think of Cheliax and Golarion so far?"