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It is a lovely Saturday morning. Feathered children are watching cartoons; furred adults are eating brunch; scaled teenagers - one scaled teenager in particular, actually - is arguing with the proprietor of a magic shop.
"How did these items get made if there's no way to learn magic? Are the magicians homeschooling their children and not writing any books? How did you learn?"
"Half this stuff is antiques," says the shopkeep. "Look, asking me a dozen times isn't gonna make the answer more to your liking. I don't have Hogwarts in the basement, deal with it."
"But where do you get the stuff that isn't antique - who made the Avalon itself? - isn't anybody panicking about the medallion supply? -"
"Kid, nobody knows how to make medallions."
"But some people apparently know how to make luck charms and protection amulets!"
"I'm not going to give out my suppliers' personal information. I wouldn't do it even if you weren't annoying."
"There have to be books -"
"Does this look like a library to you?"
maybeso
asteptotheright
"Yes. But it would probably be best not to involve the poor man. The nurses are fine," he adds. "the bite was an isolated incident and I regretted it even before I had gotten the rest of the way out of my shell. And I was much better company while she was convalescing, in any case."
maybeso
"It's not a big deal, it was years ago, I just don't actually know how to react to being told that somebody bit somebody else."
asteptotheright
"Perhaps I shouldn't have mentioned it. The specific details of one man's reason to dislike me weren't terribly relevant to the conversation at hand."
maybeso
"Conversations do that," shrugs May. "Anyway, do you want to come up with our meaning lists right now so we can cross-check them and get started on our spells tonight? ...And if I email you my spreadsheet will you have it at home?"
maybeso
"Should've done it sooner..." She writes it down. "All right, meanings, go."
She goes. Well, she stays where she is, but sets to work.
She goes. Well, she stays where she is, but sets to work.
themainattraction
"Is there actually any point in us sticking around, and if not, do you guys want smoothies, I feel like grabbing smoothies."
asteptotheright
"Um. Not if you're not going to try to help compile runes, which probably isn't the best idea since you haven't finished the book yet."
maybeso
"Although third and fourth opinions on meaning sets for the projects are still useful even if you don't want to do all the arithmetic and construction."
themainattraction
"In that case, I shall be back after I have fetched smoothies, assuming anyone other than me wants a smoothie."
themainattraction
"Cherry, banana peach, blueberry and whatever I decide I want. Which will probably be strawberry banana. Got it." And she heads smoothiewards.
jumptotheleft
"Wouldn't hurt. And it's not like sending an email costs a lot of effort. Actually, yes, absolutely do. I want to be as competent as I can at making sure Kanimir doesn't get blown up."