[Hector passes over a hammer. A mundane hammer, not nearly as nice as Hector's enchanted tool, he notes to himself.]

Really? Is that a hold-over from before the Free Cities were free? I don't think anyone here would bother with spells nowadays, even if they were useful.

[He takes a closer look at the circle Alucard points out.] Hmmm, can I steal a scrap of paper to take a sketch of it?

[He's not sure what use he'd have for sound amplification, other than pure theory, but theory is enough. Maybe he can reverse-engineer a sound-dampening effect. That, he could find use in.]