"They have," he confirms unpleasantly, drawing his attention away from the strangeness. He's developed something of a mentality that magic is still science, he just has yet to understand it. Therefore there's nothing freakish or bizarre about it, simply mysterious.

"At the very least it means that they'll not run dry on revenue," he continues. "But I can't imagine they would readily give him his sister without some guarantee that he would follow through with their platform." He starts to cross his arms and- no wait, that's a bad idea right now. He settles for prissily folding his hands over his stomach.