The banquet hall is like something you've never seen before.  It has gold encrusted tables and chairs, complete with embroidered tapestries and covers all over the floors.  The silverware is even made of diamonds as are all of the plates.  The ceilings are high wooden beams that glisten.
Banquet Hall, Inside Castle
animal
witch
I only mastered one spell in witch school. I can speak with inanimate objects. I use this spell in espionage. I work for the government.
Guess how many spells I know? You'll never guess. Why would I care? Unless you have one that makes me look less terrible, it doesn't matter to me. Never mind then. I was going to do you a HUGE favor, but not anymore.  I have to hide my face in the shadows even in a beautiful place such as this.  My twisted birth gave me the gift of speech but I am so grotesque that people run screaming.  Your scorn means nothing.t  People have to eat in this room, shouldn't you be outside? I'm losing my appetite.  I didn't ask for your company. In fact, I think that the only reason you are talking to me is because you, too, are shunned by 'polite society'. I happen to be a valued employee of the government. I am shunned by no one and I will have you escorted out of here.  You think that matters to me? Or is somehow a new experience? It is typical. Judge at a glance and then kick the ugly mutt. I have been through it before and will again. I wouldn't sully my foot by kicking you, but you really should look into therapy.  I'm pretty sure you need professional help. I need surgery, not therapy but, out of curiosity, how many spells *do* you know? Just one. I can talk to rocks and desks and anything inanimate. Would you like to talk to the silverware?  It would be a .. new experience, I suppose.