"That it can."

"Any further comments?"

"Nah, I'm good."

"Right." The fuck.

Anyway, he had an idea, actually: what if Magic HQ lets him borrow books? They had tons, maybe some could be useful?

Maybe he should've checked that before spending money, actually? Oh well. He'll hop on a broomstick and see how that goes.

...gently, at first.

It's very steady. It's still, you know, a broomstick, and cushioning enchantments or not it is still one long stick between his legs and is not the most comfortable, but it's alright.

It's actually a lot more comfortable than he'd expected tbh, kinda like riding a bike? Not that he's ever done that, of course, but he does have the memories of having done so, so.

To HQ!

Peter does not have the ability to perceive magic he was temporarily granted when he was about to become a spellcaster so it sure does look like he's flying over an infinite void.

...you know what, he changed his mind, he's gonna turn right back around and land and spend a couple of minutes on solid ground until his vertigo goes away.

Magic HQ will still be there whenever he needs it.

Yeah okay. Maybe he'll try flying closer to the ground for a while to get used to flying and be adventurous later. For now he'll—no actually he can do exactly that, fly close to the ground to the portal, fly through the portal, etc.

Doable.

The Sage of Creative Magic is fooling around with a cauldron, throwing seemingly random shit into it and looking at the results curiously. They're also using their wand to telekinetically control the large wooden spoon as they do it.

...is the narration trying to hint at something by mentioning Sage Ember or...

........no, Peter was definitely going to look for them first, that's fair. "Hello."

"Peter! Hello, how've you been?"

"I've been okay, went to a friend's birthday party on Friday and wedding yesterday, they were fun. How about you?"

"Me, too! What a coincidence!"

"...you too what?"

"I have also been okay."

So they aren't saying they went to a friend's birthday party and wedding, which would've been an even bigger coincidence.

"So I have two questions. One, is your telekinesis thing a spell or...?" Because he wants that.

"Oh, this? Not exactly, it's just basic manipulation of magic energies. You'll learn how to do that eventually."

"Fair enough. The second question is, does HQ have magic tomes with recipes or spells and whatnot?"

"Of course! We wouldn't be very magical or headquartersy without."

"Do you allow people to check those out, or at least read them on the premises?"

"Of course."