[ Whenever he needs an entertaining story, Grandma Alice shall be discussed. Especially since part of him half-expects to find someone who's met her at some point, given her extra-dimensional activities. ]

Sure, can't ever be too prepared. [ Or too informed. He wants to watch this process again from up close. He takes off his glasses and holds them out. ] I'm assuming this isn't one of the forms of magic that needs to be transactional by default- I'm not signing over my firstborn for this, am I? [ A joke. It's very dry with the veneer or sarcasm kept thin and un-snarky enough to be relatively friendly.

Also he does want to double check. Always double check with magic. Learn from Grandpa Thomas's mistakes. ]