Had he known that Bixby could be that sarcastic? Noble wasn't sure — but he liked it. He huffed a laugh into his glass.

"No, it's all right," Noble said. He shrugged his shoulders. "It's a lot of beauty potions, stuff like that. How's the Ministry?"

He'd rather be a potioneer at the whims of his clients than work for the government. Noble was not sure that he would have been able to handle having an actual boss.