Ashley was a little confused on all of the numbers, but he made sure to write everything down so that he could really look over it later. For now, he just tried to concentrate on what the professor was saying, in hopes that it would sink in that way. He looked at the numbers, and then thought about the question, raising his hand when he had somewhat of an idea.
"Does the number..." he paused and glanced at his page of notes. "Maybe it changes your authority into nothing? So that's why you can't just use a spell to open it?"
It... sounded like an answer, sure.