"But the rest of it is good too," says Tony. "Man, decisions are hard."

"I bet if you go to the kitchens later and say 'those tea-infused pork medallions looked scrumptious but I didn't have room for any', the elves will make you some."

"Ooh."

"They totally will," says Feral. "I better go with you, though, or they'll be sending you back to your room with a cart. They get kind of enthusiastic."

"It's a deal," giggles Tony.

"Do they have carts?" laughs Bella.

"Yup," says Feral. "For moving stuff around, not specifically food."

"I guess that makes sense, they're pretty little and they have to make a lot of food, an elf would probably have trouble with a fifty pound sack of flour."

"Yeah - they can lift it no trouble, but only with magic, and it gets pretty hectic if everybody's levitating ten things at once. Carts are easier," he explains.

"I bet," laughs Bella. "Oh, and you couldn't even levitate the flour, doesn't flour explode or something, not just plain burn, if it catches?"

"Yep," says Feral. "Kaboom. Under the right circumstances, anyway. But these days I can just pick them up, they're hard to lift but not tricky or anything."

Bella nods. "So none of the cupcakes will have previously exploded flour in them."

Feral giggles. "One hundred percent explosion-free!"

"Just how I like 'em," says Tony.

"It is undoubtedly the best way to have cupcakes."

"Because otherwise they might explode."

Feral snorts.

"And that wouldn't be at all fun. Feral, what does your schedule look like this year?"

"Dunno," he says. "Haven't looked."

"Well, you should look, we can find out if we have anything together this year. What elective did you pick, at least?"

"Herbology," he says. "What about you guys?"

"Divination."

"Arithmancy."

"I'm in Herbology too," says Bella. "I think it'll be useful for potions. I thought about magizoology though."

"Yeah, magizoology looked fun," he says. "But so did a lot of things, so I just picked one."