"But how do you know without trying everything?"

"...you can look at a course list or watch people doing stuff or read books? And see what sounds fun?"

"Huh. I guess it if works, it works."

"Sure. Like, I thought when I was in school I might want to be a healer, but it turned out I didn't like it, so it was a good thing I was also interested in herbology, and now I'll take a bunch of plants to Amenta since you ran out, sell 'em there."

"We'll be so excited to have the flexibility."

"I bet! I dunno if it'll be super safe for you guys to try potions from recipes, you're gonna wanna import someone to teach you, like, remedial potions..."

"We do still have some recipes back from before everything went extinct but yes, not wise at all, we should definitely find a remedial potions teacher."

"Ooh, what recipes have you got, anything good?"

"Remedies for all kinds of ailments - toepox, catsbreath - some potions reputed to have been wit-sharpening, or to suppress springs..."

"We've got wit-sharpening - haven't got springs - I don't think we have those diseases, have you still got them going around -"

"Not mostly, not at all in Anitam. We quarantined Ecthav once because they had a toepox outbreak, if I remember right."

"Ooh, yes, all these other countries full of colorful people - that's exciting, I like traveling."

"It's lovely!!" Her smile is maybe slightly feigned.

"Is Anitami spoken much internationally?"

"Not really. You'd want to learn Oahkar. Or Tapap. You can understand some Tapap if you speak Anitami, they're our neighbors and the languages are related."

"Ooh, that's funny, it didn't occur to me that your languages would have relatives too but I guess it makes sense..."

"Don't Earth languages?"

"Oh, yes, it does make sense, I just didn't think about it. I probably wouldn't have noticed it was strange if you all just spoke a language called Amentan."

"Well, it'd certainly simplify travel!"

"No kidding! Well, I'll figure it out. I suppose if you don't have potions ingredients you'll never have invented the Floo network. Do you just Portkey and Apparate everywhere? Do you have a way to do brooms without potions?"

"We don't! We have flying carpets, but they don't see much use these days, the cities are so dense and there's Muggle air traffic, so mostly it's Portkeys and Apparating. When I was a child I'd take the trains."

"They sound peculiar, trains."

"They are. And so full of people, but they're quick and go anywhere."

"I'll check them out. If I move in I'll need someone to do wards for my place, I'm not good enough at charms."

"Oh, I can recommend you some people! The people who did my place were lovely, I'll check if they're still taking work like that. The trains aren't as convenient as Apparating, I wouldn't expect, but of course you can check them out if you'd rather."