"Talking hat! Whoa." Andy was somewhat surprised, but only somewhat. He was pretty sure that the Cornell robotics team could build one of these, for sure. Plus, it was a magic school (for stage magicians, he still believed), so all kinds of special effects should be possible. "Waaait a minute. You're telling me Dw -- uh, 'Lezard' also breeds dogs? Under his nom de sexy?"