"Mining?" Acton raised a hand to his chin, tapping at his lower lip. The idea had merit. Earth magic was challenging. The earth was a stubborn foe refusing to move to all but the most powerful of wizards. The amount of energy it would take to bring the minerals to the surface was daunting just for the calculations and yet the amount of labor it would take to do it by hand was even more. There would be risk, more risk then he was perhaps comfortable taking. The strain could very much snap his mind but then again there was no reward without a risk.<br/><br/>"Perhaps, but you have to remember that it is a price for everything including magic. It is not always the short cut that it is believed to be. A day of mining could easily be more productive then how much it might take to recover from a day of magic..."  He thought a bit more on the subject. Moving the earth would be more pressing then he was comfortable working on but not searching through. "What if we knew where to dig, chanel.." his words broke off as he heart the soft footsteps and a presence in the doorway. Only taking a quick glance he saw just who it was. It was the first time he had seen his wife to be with his own eyes. There were drawings, descriptions and even a spell or too but none of it was the same as actually seeing.<br/><br/>Acton stood up, brushing a bit of nonexistent wrinkles from his coat. She was not perfect but then that is what drew him to her. The slight freckles on her face, the fiery red hair, even the icy eyes that she looked back at him with. Stunning perhaps was the right word, and now that he truly looked at her, the first batches of what some would call imperfections seemed right for her. "No, not at all. I suppose if anything you should be the guest of honor, not me." He gave her a smile and crossed the few steps to the door offering his hand. "Umm, Hi, My name is Acton." Clearly she would know just who and what he is. There was even a slight nervous flush of his skin at the awkwardness that he seemed to be experiencing.<br/><br/>The moment she offered her hand he would bring it up to his lips and kiss at though he were meeting someone of equal station. She was to be his wife after all, that meant equal to him.<br/><br/><br/>