"Basically nothing."

"Necori--unswan number two--got his attention on purpose, and isn't even a masochist."

"That sounds like kind of a bad idea!"

"I mean, his logic included the fact that someone was going to get carried off, which I can respect. And he could get some use out of it in the form of the climax of his campaign to ruin his family's reputation by getting caught kissing boys a lot."

...she giggles.

"And now he is not a swan, so."

"Lucky him!"

"Yeah. He spends most of his time either here or exploring."

"I'm going to be a library person. I bet Anlei will be an explorer, until she gets restless and builds her own castle."

"I mostly spend my time here or with Tanaikon. I'm learning Ansati for because all the good magic theory books are in it."

"I guess that's a good plan if you want to learn magic theory."

"I wanna do the wind thing!"

"Anlei's excited about that too."

"It's so great. And there's a lightning version, too!"

"Cool."

"And there's all kinds of other cool stuff I've seen him do that I want to that magic theory seems likely to help with."

"Like what?"

"Conjuration, persistent immortality...the beds here are done by conjuration, I'm assuming you've noticed how fantastic they are."

"I did notice that."

"So, yeah, stuff like that. I was also--hoping to be able to help Iri with her research, at some point."

"What research is that?"

"Making the mountain self-sustaining so it doesn't blow up and take a chunk of the country with it if the torture gets neglected."

"Good research."

"Yeah.

I should maybe talk to her about the thing where your girlfriend is a swan, though."

"Yeah."