"Exactly, you get it," Magnus says. "He was like, 'what are your desires?' and obviously I was like, 'pretty much just to make Alex happy,' and he was like--" here, Magnus tries to do an impression of Claudius, sitting up straighter and doing his best to emulate his voice. "'It's a heady thing, to have a lover whose foremost desire is your happiness. You can say so to Alex, say you want above all things to please him -- in your own charming style,' and I was like, 'actually if I say it exactly like you did she would make so much fun of me.' And I guess I'm into that. So then he said I could take notes on Claudiusisms."