[He smiles warmly, crinkling at the eyes, able to look in the face of his own looming mortality for a little bit longer. Encouragement, it turns out, goes quite a long way— and he is, for better or for worse, terribly stubborn. It has proven to be both an incredible strength and his achilles' heel, at times, but in this case, he believes it to be the former.]

We certainly can't have that. Imagine all the trouble you could get into should you find your way to Blackstaff Tower.

[He can think of a few wizards there who would be a bit ruffled by her approach— and that it would be good for them.]

It's a promise, then. In turn, you'll have to show me around Blackgale.