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"Talking business? Since when have you been doing that?"
"I've been a businessman these past few months, you know? I'm trying to make a lot of things work out for me, and I've been reading more often because of that."
She looked at him suspiciously, which made Lucius feel compelled to speak up.
"I mean, you don't need to look at me like that. I really do have a business. It's a Workshop for the Creation and Research of Magical Tools."
Martha blinked a couple of times before responding. "You have something that good? That costs a lot of money!" she exclaimed.
"Yes. Although I have several investors," he said, glancing behind him. "She's one of them," he said, looking at Clara, who was engrossed in her cell phone, browsing The Wall.
"The Thornes?" Martha asked, in shock.
