Madame Maxime turned that strikingly handsome olive-skinned face, one that did not quite match her build, toward Allen. "You seem to have such a good relationship with your parents... unlike Rube and me... but for Owen's sake, since his eyes are about to fall out of his head, let him off."
"I was only going to tell him I'd show it to my mother, not actually do it... but all right." Allen put the camera away rather grudgingly, then brightened again. "Olympe, you should go to Hogwarts in a few days and take a look at the library in the Ravenclaw Temple. It doesn't have that many more books than other libraries, but since I've been staying upstairs there lately, I've made it rather interesting."
Madame Maxime nodded. "Let us speak with the members of our respective magical transportation departments and have Beauxbatons and Hogwarts connect fireplaces through the Floo Network... Your Floating City is running all over the place now. If you rely solely on Apparition, a slight error could very well make someone with slow reflexes fall to their death..."
Allen smiled. "Oh, that was an oversight on my part... Speaking of which, I think connecting the fireplace to the one in Hagrid's new house would be better. At least it's tall enough... I'll have the director of that department, Percy Weasley, handle it personally."
Madame Maxime's face grew a little rosier. She coughed dryly and cleared her throat. "Allen, let us talk about something serious. Do you know about the new transportation laws and forbidden airspace our neighbors passed recently?"
"You mean how the Ministry of Magic in my homeland joined forces with Switzerland's to define the Floating City as a flying vehicle like a Flying Carpet... and declared it forbidden to enter their airspace?" Allen asked