Aerta heard a knock on the door and sighed. "It'll have to wait. Maybe that's him." She got the door and saw a human stagger inside. Someone she recognized. A fellow mage. 

"Smith! I- what brings you to this neck of the woods so late. We're kinda in the middle of something, but if you want to help or stay for a while, you may." The pink-skinned female dracon closed the door behind him. "It's a long story. Something of a kobold emergency."