"First thing in the morning! I'm excited about magic songs even if everything else about school is dumb."

“Ooh! I dunno any magic songs but they sound fun, are they, like, your affinity?”

"I think so? I've never done any magic without singing, anyway."

(Zeke is still holding her in a bridal carry.)

“Cool! I’m good at, like, the kind of magic thingy where the effect is really small at first and then it builds up a lot over time, like, incremental layering stuff. You should teach me magic songs!”

"Sure! Can you read sheet music?"

“Yeah!”

"Then I can totally write up the ones I know once I have paper!"

“Cool!”

He... sets her down? That maybe seemed like a setting-her-down sentence.

She nuzzles his arm a little bit once she is on her feet. "Do you know what time it is here? There's a curfew to worry about, right?"

“1:30ish? Curfew isn’t until, like, forever from now.”

"Oh good. I got woken up in the middle of the night but I don't think I could sleep now if I tried, this has been really, uh, awakening."

“It’s all super weird even when you’re, like, expecting it, it still sucks so much that you didn’t get a chance to prepare or anything. See you tomorrow morning or at dinner?”

"Do you need to go do stuff? I thought now wasn't a good time to go to the supply place, that's why I said first thing tomorrow..."

“Julia looks like she’s doing a thing and I should be, like, a supportive enclave-mate about that, but you could come with?”

"Sure, I'd love to meet your friend!"

“Nice!”