"Makes sense. In my world... well, the person who set the curse can always lift it, but that doesn't help me at all."

"That's true in our world too but there's a reason I didn't put it as one of the cursebreaking methods."

"Yeah."

"I'm going to call King Ben back in unless you have any more questions about secret queers."

"I think I'm done with the secret queers for now."

Asher goes out and Ben returns. "Hello! Caught up on Auradon 101, or do you have more questions?"

"I've got the basics, I think."

"I'm going to want to ask you about your home world, but that can wait-- we should probably get you set up with a place to stay."

"Sure."

"Are you going to give him a room in Auradon Prep?"

"Uh, yes."

"Why do you always think that is a good idea. --Tazalkyran, would you rather have a dorm room at a boarding school for the children of nobility, or a room in Ben's palace, or a hotel room, or something else?"

"Uh... I don't know? Why is boarding school the first place you think to put me???"

"Because we're both in high school."

"I'm eighteen, I haven't been in school for two years. ...Why is a schoolboy running a kingdom."

"Because his dad sucked at it."

"I was going to say 'because my dad retired to go on a cruise.'"

"Like I said."

"..."

"Through no fault of Ben's dad's own this turned out not to be a horrible decision."

"You seem all right so far, not that I'd know much about what makes a good king."

"I'm sure there are lots of things I can improve!"

"He banned slavery and is working on getting rid of the giant prison island."

He makes what Asher might recognize from last time as the curseblocked face, and once again gives up after a few seconds of trying to say something.

"Sometimes he can't talk about things because of the curse," Asher says to Ben.