"It's - mostly about it being mind control. I don't like mind control."

"Yeah, it's horrible that people can just.. yeah."

"Obviously there is a part of me that's very tempted to take you up on that but that part of me is mind control and it'll be gone after this weekend. And we barely know each other at all."

"Will you be unhappy about me dosing myself after your dose wears off? Or uh, we can hang out without me dosing myself. If that would make things easier for you."

"I'd be upset about it now, just, in a more conflicted way. ...in some respects it might make things easier?? It'd maybe make it specifically easier to concentrate on my, like, schoolwork..."

"The hanging out or the dosing?"

"The hanging out."

Nod.

"I was going to go to Hechter Library to look at some records for my civil engineering class. If that works for you?"

"Yeah. That works fine till my next class."

Nod.

"I have another class at 3 and then at 4 and at 7. Probably I should drop one of those but I haven't actually decided which and until I do I'm trying to keep up with both..."

"What are you taking?"

"Intro to Agricultural Studies, Linear Algebra 1, Advanced Marcoeconomics, Civil Engineering 1, European History - you're in that one right? - Spanish 1, and Medieval Islamic Literature."

"I'm in that one yeah. I thought stuff as specific as Medieval Islamic Literature was only for upperclassmen or majors."

"The professor was very encouraging when I talked to her and it was a 7pm class so it was very easy to fit into my schedule.... That may be one of the classes I should drop."

"What are you going to do with that spread, anyway?"

"Well I haven't decided what I want to major in and I figured that taking a lot of things would help me choose."

"It kind of sounds like you barely even have a shortlist."

"I want to do something that's good the for the world and underappreciated and involves.... building better systems or institutions."

"You could narrow it down more by what you're good at?"

"I'm good at diligently doing work, staying organized, and I'm decent at math. In practice I think I'm doing best in Intro to Agricultural Studies and Civil Engineering 1."

"Huh. I've always known I wanted to be a witch."

"Oh, why?"

"It's sort of weird to me that some people don't. It's magic! You can like, heal people and stuff! What's not to like? Besides mind control spells which I will simply not perform."

"When you were younger did you want to be a witch so you could heal people, or was it just that it magic seemed cool?"

"Both. It wouldn't be cool if it just... turned lead into gold and nothing else."