"I mean, I think it's less about smarts and more about memorizing a bunch of classics? Although that might have just been Auntie being salty so who knows."

"...classics? We do have literature courses in here but it's not really the most... important."

"Chinese wizards are way more conservative relative to modern Chinese society than Western ones are because modern China is a clusterfuck that they wish to avoid dealing with."

"I guess that's fair of them, kind of."

"According to the gossip this doesn't, like, translate to them not being extremely gay though."

He splutters a little. "Uh, oh, huh, how about that."

"As methods of birth control go it's more reliable than magic and less likely to go wacky on you than an IUD."

"I bet you're right!"