This conversation was going much more pleasantly than Eva would have ever imagined. Obviously, her interactions before with Mr. Collins had been limited to interacting with him as a professional, and that was not always a great indicator of anything personal. "Really, I think the thing magic has going for it is its expediency," she said. "But even still, there are things that magic hasn't managed to make better, so why not take a balanced approach to it? At the very least?"

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