After a moment's consideration, Tony cranks the back window enough to allow a large scorpion ingress, if that scorpion did the scorpion equivalent of breathing in.
Then he strolls down the street, not even thinking about Xie, and enters the shop.
The shopkeeper knows him, of course, and is polite and helpful. Tony buys something that is supposed to help an amorous young gentleman impress his lady love, and chats about Lisa a little, mentions that she's trying to learn some of the magical techniques from outside London, and is met with polite interest, rather than concern or hostility. As they chat, Tony asks very few questions, but still finds out that there are a few more newcomers on the scene, a lot of people without the Sight coming in and trying to learn ways to use London magic. The same trend there's been over the past few years, but not major players.
"There'll be people setting up beginner's workshops at this rate," he says. "The amount of stuff I get people bringing in that they've bought on eBay just in case it has provenance, but with no way of telling."
He almost wonders if Tony can do something about this, but he shrugs.
"What people buy on eBay is not my business, mate."
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Date: 2023-11-22 01:38 pm (UTC)Then he strolls down the street, not even thinking about Xie, and enters the shop.
The shopkeeper knows him, of course, and is polite and helpful. Tony buys something that is supposed to help an amorous young gentleman impress his lady love, and chats about Lisa a little, mentions that she's trying to learn some of the magical techniques from outside London, and is met with polite interest, rather than concern or hostility. As they chat, Tony asks very few questions, but still finds out that there are a few more newcomers on the scene, a lot of people without the Sight coming in and trying to learn ways to use London magic. The same trend there's been over the past few years, but not major players.
"There'll be people setting up beginner's workshops at this rate," he says. "The amount of stuff I get people bringing in that they've bought on eBay just in case it has provenance, but with no way of telling."
He almost wonders if Tony can do something about this, but he shrugs.
"What people buy on eBay is not my business, mate."