"I have the stone, that much you can be sure of." An indulgent smile as though every question doesn't have the edge of a threat to it. "And you can waste time tearing everything apart here trying to prove me a liar. But in the end you will have to come and see, won't you? Our mutual friend found a way to the Hells to retrieve the crown. You can use it to come, sign your contract, and retrieve what you're after."

A house call seems only fair. The lot of them kept him waiting in that house of ill repute for how long?

"I suggest you not take too long. Enver might start to feel too settled to go, not that there will be much of anywhere to return to after a point. He's a bit old to be a paige anymore but I am sure I can find something for old time's sake."

A jaunty little wave of his fingers.

"Tick tock goes the water clock."

And then he is just gone. In a blink, the parting of eyelash from lash blew him apart as well.