"You'll have it, when we arrive," Ellis points out, a brief smile tipped in Leander's direction. "After we unpack it."

Judiciously passing over that Ellis will likely do most of the unpacking.

He has such sparse knowledge of Leander. Wysteria admires him. He has visited the Hightown house. He has always been polite. He is a mage. He apparently knows something of art.

Ellis is unsure of how to speak to him.

"What is your preference?"

A bold question for someone whose tastes in art is based wholly in gut instinct.