"Oh man, if we could get a sensorium in my fortress, that would solve a lot of problems." Of which the whole making-out thing was one, though he didn't spell that out explicitly. "Don't shapeshifting spells have to work on something... you know, biologically alive, though? I mean, I'm an animated book. It's not quite the same."

The irony of asking Lash, who came from a completely nonmagic world, how magic worked was completely lost on Zetta.