Half-sympathetic snickering.

"Or that one time someone cast a size-increasing spell on a mountain ogre."

"What are mountain ogres normally like?"

"Ten feet tall and proportional."

"...nice."

"Less so from this end of things."

"True. But I assume you wouldn't be telling me these things if you didn't want me enjoying them."

"Partly that and partly that it's nice to have someone I can gripe to."

He smiles. "Happy to help."

"But yeah, decent share of the first thing."

"I definitely appreciate it."

"I know. It's cute."

He laughs.

"I wonder what kind of thing it would even arrange, here..."

"Its best bet would definitely be me if it weren't for the slight problem where I am absolutely not going to do it."

"Well, yes. But given that you aren't that doesn't give me a lot of information."

"Nothing nearly as exciting as lava golems or mountain ogres is available outside of this mountain; you're pretty much limited to ordinary people with at most ordinary amounts of magic, and it's hard to get really impressive when you can't affect an area bigger than the end of of your thumb. I suppose somebody else out there might've figured out pain magic but they won't have been doing it for centuries."

"Yeah. Maybe I'll just get kidnapped or something."

He looks at her thoughtfully.

"Hm?"

"Mm. Being tempted to ask for more stories."

"Well I do have rather a lot of them."

"I've noticed."

"Anything in particular you'd like to request?"

"- maybe."