Altair watched the woman as she approached the counter. "Are you a mage?" he asked the question he'd been rolling around in his head since he'd walked in. And then, because the question had seemed to come out of nowhere, he smiled. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't be asking questions before I've even introduced myself. My name is Altair Laurent. I don't know very many mages, and I was curious if you might be one."