Louie regarded Hel for a moment after she offered her answer, eyebrows raised and expression rather blank. That did sound stupid, there was no denying it. It also didn't exactly make sense.

But then again, there at the Magicademy, few things seemed to make sense. And the more he thought about that, the more amused Louie became, until he was laughing.

"If we were anywhere else, I'd think you were lying, or crazy," he explained once he'd calmed down. "But here? You know what, I believe you. A box of bananas... Man, this place is weird. Is that what fell just now?"

He'd been close behind her, after all.