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He looked up, eyes quickly flicking towards the one other person that he saw as something approximating competition. The strange flicker, as well as the almost unreal symmetry of the woman's features only made his curiosity deepen. Albrecht felt a need to poke, to mingle, to sniff her out. Sure, she looked busy on her phone, but he was the sort of person who could talk [i]at[/i] people, instead of talking [i]with[/i] them.

[color=#F33A6A]"You're new too, aren't you,"[/color] he asked, rather loudly, from his messy desk. [color=#F33A6A]"What's your name? I'm Albrecht. Albrecht Rose. Al, for short."[/color] The man introduced himself, eyes wide with an almost child-like inquisitiveness, though his grin had a manic sort of energy, not too different from how dogs accidentally bared their fangs as they played with their favorite stick. [color=#F33A6A]"You're dressed really nice. You don't look like you need to work here at all."[/color]

Albrecht had an eye for clothes, and while he dressed as well as he could, he still had to pay the rent. By his estimates, her whole outfit alone seemed like it could pay his entire bar tab twice over. It was a very large tab, kept afloat only by the fact that Albrecht's antics kept people coming into the bar, too.

[color=#F33A6A]"Hey, in case we ever work together, I'm going to tell you ahead of time - I hope there's no hard feelings if I end up... burning a blazer or something of yours. Trying to keep it to a minimum, but fire's a wild thing, you know? Almost like it has its own mind."[/color]

It was a warning, a subtle signifier of how relatively new Albrecht was to all this proper wizarding, especially when compared to the others in the "company". Given how it was phrased, though, it was clear that Albrecht was also doing his best to balance this precaution with a clear statement of his abilities; however simplistic it was, even brute force could be effective, even if it wasn't the best tool for the job.

[color=#F33A6A]"But it doesn't happen often. Promise."[/color]

He raised his hand to swear, just as someone laughed in the background, clearly disagreeing with what he just said.