The bow is different than he is used to, but recognizably grandiose. The sort that he might expect to be given in a stage play to represent how much higher a character's position was from another.

"Lyney, Court Magician of Fontaine," he repeated, inclining his head. Such positions were not entirely unheard of in the Three Realms, but they were mostly relegated to the works of fiction that were brought back from Yungmengze. Mortal kings who did not cultivate themselves often had court magicians who did. He had assumed that the magicians did not take the throne for themselves via a challenge because it made for a more entertaining story if there were strange rules that had to be followed. And that such positions weren't actually a thing. And yet... here Lyney was claiming to be one such.

"Is your lord a very powerful magician as well?"