There is a brief, baffled look that Wysteria gives Tony— only no, it's a perfectly reasonable question. Only in this moment does it occur to her that it would be entirely likely to have guards posted at the College's warded rooms while there are so many strangers about.

"They will be magicians," is the most minor correction and affirmation both. Don't call them mages. It will raise questions. Carefully, she unwraps her fingers from Tony's arm.

"If they have a pin on their collar like the one yours does, Mister Stark, then they're very senior. But if they don't, it wouldn't be out of order to make demands on their attentions. That might be true even if they've been posted to mind the door."

It isn't a poor strategy that Ellis is floating. It might work. Maybe.