Blinking slowly after a moment, the golden mirror’s eyes went over to Li, as if to ask the student if he was hearing the same thing he was. Breath out through his nose, though he hadn’t moved from behind the desk, “Impress your teacher? As I think about it, yes, I foresee a curse working to impress your teacher. Using a curse spell in class, which are currently listed under restricted, that is an impressive display of audacity…or stupidity.”

Nodding to himself, the man reached over to the unpolished surface, picking up the chains off table. They rattled in his hands as he turned his full attention to Li, holding his other hand out expectantly, “How was ‘Sniffers’? Unpleasant and drawn out, I assume?”