"Well, he's paying me," Dominic agreed with a grin. Some days, it still amazed - and amused - him that he could be paid to mess around with interesting charms and magic, so long as he eventually got it to work the way the customer wanted. It was especially sweet after teachers had spent years telling him he needed to do well in his exams if he wanted a good job. Not that Dominic had failed anything important, but he knew that this many years on it was his portfolio that spoke more highly than his grades. "And I get to put it in my portfolio, and I'm sure if someone asked who'd done the work he'd tell them. But if in six months he wants something new done, he's under no obligation to hire me to do it." Not that there was a vast amount of competition in Monument Alley, but there was some, and Dominic still hadn't had a big client in Diagon Alley or Hogsmeade yet.
Deciding that they were basically just dickering over semantics, Dominic elected to move on. "Are you working tomorrow?" It would explain the lack of alcohol, not that it really needed any explanation.