Hill believed Sray had only decided to raise the Mage Tower after discussing it with Liszt.
He vaguely remembered that, back on Toril, Liszt seemed to have asked him questions related to this... but at the time, Edna's Path of Fate had reached its most critical point, and Hill's attention had been wholly focused on the dramatic events unfolding in Chult.
Especially Helm's love story. How could Hill have had the leisure to think about matters that had so little impact?
A taller Mage Tower was just a taller Mage Tower.
Even if it had sixteen floors, Hill was now qualified to live there.
Besides, the reason Legendary Mages of comparable status did not live in Mage Towers with so many floors was that they were reluctant to spend that much money... it was not that they could not afford it, but that the original design had simply offered better value.
After all, once a tower exceeded thirteen floors, a number with certain unusual laws attached to it, every additional floor consumed nearly twice the resources.
Not twice the resources of each floor, but twice the resources required for the first thirteen floors combined.
But Hill's Mage Tower had never been among the largest to begin with, so adding a few floors did not hurt him in the slightest.
The top floor where Hill currently stood was the sort of small garden Sray and Liszt had carefully discussed and built specifically for him, one that could be opened at any time to receive sunlight and rain.
Liszt had probably thought Hill liked that Floating Castle on Toril very much.
His study and bedroom each occupied an entire floor as well.
Although there was a Great Library below, many books were unsuitable for public areas... even Hill himself had trouble calculating