"By the fact that my powers from my world don't work here," Lea said. "I've already tried, more than once, and they don't. And if powers from my world don't work here, chances are the reverse would be true too."

"Besides, like I said, I'm not a wizard and have no ambitions of being one," he said. "If you're good at using this kind of magic and like doing it, good for you. You oughta enjoy it here. But I'm not, and I don't, and I highly doubt that being forced to sit around in classrooms- or standing around with you here- being lectured about it is going to change that. I've got my own way of doing things, and it doesn't involve spells or rats."

"So if you're so eager to learn, maybe you should go study or something," he said, waving her off, "and let me worry about my own life."