"Y-yeah. He...he adopted me, just before I got here." It's still a sore point, but they're trying very hard to not let that wash out onto Mickey. "He didn't know if he'd be allowed to, but the judge said yes."

"He's the greatest, though! He, he's real smart and knows so much about magic and stuff, and he's got this whole shop fulla reagents and supplies and junk! He even lets me play with the garnets and stuff sometimes." It was something of a guilty pleasure to enjoy black conduits like that, but they weren't using them. Just, you know, looking.