[Alec mumbled something under his breath as he returned to his assembly. He'd hit a snag, it seemed. He couldn't get one side of the heating brackets to sit in the base quite the way it had before, and he picked it up to squint at the bottom row of plates. Perhaps he'd missed re-inserting a screw somewhere.]

In any case, I'm not sure it's entirely healthy to hide magic inside yourself like that. You never seem to have trouble with talismans or protection charms, but they're not inside of you. That's the only reason I asked you to use more caution in the future.

[That, and perhaps he wasn't entirely past his Dalnan prudishness when it came to public displays of nudity.]

Damn, this...Talí, I've left the screws on that table next to you. Could you hand me two, please?