[okay, wow. hearing ben laugh and knowing someone else might hear it as well is absolutely surreal.] I thought so, too.

[honestly? punching can always be on the table for whenever klaus decides to do something stupid. just knock some sense back into him, it's fine.] Yeah, yeah, that's it. Definitely convenient. [he raises a hand, the cuff around his wrist glowing faintly as he activates the magic and floats a nearby book over to drop into ben's lap.]

‘Yet’ being the keyword there. Have you tried to summon— uh, well, you know? [he wiggles his fingers in an awful attempt at impersonating tentacles.] Just for funsies.