"The transition varied," he says soberly. "Some of us only took a few minutes. Some took hours. You won't do anything with sorcery without intending to, but to be safe you should learn what you're doing before you do anything. ...Learning curve and recovery I'm not sure how relevant my experiences would be to your situation."

"Ballpark? Like, does it take days or years to be able to do your first few useful things."

"Days."

"Cool. Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Back to ~Edie~.

"How'd it go?"

"He didn't actually make any disturbing comments. I am pretty sure I want to be a sorcerer."

"Oh, good. On both counts."

"Apparently it's possible it'll take hours though."

"Mhm."

"But it'll only take days to be able to start doing stuff, he said."

"Might not be very big stuff, but that sounds about right."

"Seems likely cooling off and quieting music doesn't constitute big stuff. Maybe my intuition's off?"

"Nah, you're probably good there."

"Good." Nuzzle.

Ee. "So now we just have to find a sorcerer without traumatic associations to ensorcel you."

"Yeah. Do I just - tag along with your mother to the university, or -?"

"...On the face of it that looks like a good idea but it might be hard to avoid music."

"...ah. Okay. So I ask her to ask around and bring me a phone number."

"Probably for the best."

"Okay." Annie pecks Edie on the cheek and goes to ask Dr. Xavier to do that.

"Oh, of course. I do hope we can figure out something to do about your music problem soon."

"Me too, but I'm optimistic with all the magic flying around here."

She smiles. "In that respect, I think you were lucky that the first people you met were my daughters."