Rus gives him a look. "Well, it's related to wandless magic isn't it? They didn't have wands back then, so it has to be. And when you get right down to it, all our magic is sound-related. I've never heard of a mute wizard." He raises an eyebrow. "Am I getting warm?"
Rus gives a contemptuous snort. "And not a difficult undertaking when your name is so short." All right; he's beginning to get it. He waits for the next letters.
"Thank you!" he beams. He'll have to think of a suitable gift to reciprocate. "I won't, but I might get something else to bite him." Alf peeks out of the kitchen, sees that Rus is watching, bobs his head nervously and holds up his hand, all his fingers spread. "Five minutes," Rus huffs. "Honestly, we should just let them starve themselves to death. It would save us a great deal of effort."
I'll do my best! :D :) Got it! I'm fairly good at codes and things. I should have realised what was going on. :(