Kos allowed himself a brief grin as he heard the girl talk of the levitation spell and query other potential uses for it – she had a brain then it appeared, and at the very least the ability to question the various applications for magic. That, he admitted to himself, was good – he had never much cared for those who would steadfast accept a spell or anything else for that matter simply for what it was, rather than what it could be. ‘Indeed I could and indeed I have’ he answered after a moment ‘although I always find it more entertaining to float them a half mile over yonder’ he continued as he gestured to the east, away from the road that she would have travelled to reach him ‘as there is a lovely and rather deep chasm that I find it fun to dangle them over for an hour or five. Much more entertaining than simply sending them on their way, don’t you think?’. While he still had his back to the girl, there was a certain amount of expectance upon his face and even within his words – curious as to how she would respond. He doubted she would be the sort to offer an alternative punishment through the use of the spell, she just didn’t seem the sort, but all the same it would be interesting to see whether she would continue to follow her line of query, or whether his tale would be enough to end her interest.<br/><br/>‘Yes, it is rather’ he admitted with a nod of his head as she mentioned her approval of the house ‘took quite a lot of energy to craft something this size though I can tell you – and needed a significant amount of raw materials to craft with… As you may be lucky enough to find out as your studies continue, crafting something out of nothing can be done as long as the scale is kept small enough. Make it big and grandiose, and you’d better have something to hand to feed the magic’ he said in much the same tone as she might expect from a teacher, although he sounded a little less condensing that she might have expected given his general demeanour to this point. ‘Some seem to have this grand notion that you can form entire kingdoms out of nothing but fairy dust you see, when in fact the amount of fairies you’d need to sacrifice in order to even create a hamlet of sorts would simply boggle the mind. Not that wouldn’t like to try it sometime’ he admitted to himself almost offhandedly as he let his fingertips almost caress the doorknocker before him – the dragons eyes glowing brightly as the doors swung open before them.<br/><br/>Inside the house was just as magnificent as the exterior – a huge sweeping staircase set in the middle of the greeting room they stepped forwards into, curling its way upwards several stories that didn’t seem to be visible upon the outside of the house. The floors appeared to be a light grey marble inset with silver flecks and the occasional deeply etched solid silver rune, the walls a light oak wood covered here and there with various tapestries of subjects both arcane, mundane, and in places even erotic. Large bookcases seemed to dominate every other available wall spacing where there wasn’t a tapestry placed – each one filled to the brim with tomes of all sorts of sizes and shapes, some even overflowing out into modestly sized stacks in the corners of the room. One got the idea that he wasn’t much of one for a sense of order and tidiness…<br/><br/>‘Tell me girl’ he suddenly asked as he made his way into the greeting room before turning and looking over his shoulder ‘you can read, can’t you?’.