[Unfortunately, Aisha’s impression misses the mark in about three different ways. Okay, she’s not Alec. She’s a friend of Alec’s. An extremely trying friend of Alec’s.]

I don’t know any Imps. Or Regents, for that matter. But I’d like to see Alec try to use his powers on me and come out of it in one piece. [Without looking away from the girl, Pal points at Alec in the doorway.] That was rhetorical, not an invitation.

[Pointedly, he turns back to his desk.] It’d be a necromancer hat, actually. Wizard is offensive where I come from. So you’re the girl from the radio, right? Our new supreme ruler?