Her baby was grabbing at Rowan's lights, and Zelda felt like a pressure in her brain was lifting. That was odd, and she knew it was odd — they were talking about someone who targeted muggles and hurt them, because he could, and she was relaxing? She tucked that self-concern away, to be thought about later, and focused on the schematics Rowan was showing her.

"Could it be in the foundations?" Zelda asked. "If it is, the spell wouldn't have an outward radius — just a downwards one." It would, of course, have been a weird and messy way to cast the spell — but people who broke the law to torment muggles were rarely concerned with the proper way to cast.

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