"Yeah, that was me not too long ago. Well, me and a bunch of others," she said with a light laugh. "I think the hardest part's been figuring out where everything is, although maybe it would be getting used to magic that was hardest if I wasn't already pretty used to weird stuff."

Kamala tucked some of her hair behind her ear. Really, she could only imagine what this school would be like to someone who had gone through life thinking the fantastic was impossible.

"How about you? Is magic new, something you're used to, or kind of in-between?"