Zelda began flipping through the pages Rowan had given her. It felt like something was sparking in her brain, like she was using it in a way she hadn't in a while — Zelda took her time perusing the file, and it was another two or three minutes before she looked back up at Rowan and her son. The baby was content with Zelda's friend; and Rowan was more comfortable with infants than Zelda would have expected.

"Did you find the wizard?" she asked, "And does he hate muggles?" People liked to cause that sort of chaos, sometimes — and even if they didn't hate muggles, it was easier to meddle in their world than with other wizards.

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