"Of course," he returns, both words punctuated with a hint of distaste. He's picked up on her skepticism and while he's not surprised by it, he doesn't like it at the same time. And when she asks about wizarding England being strictly for wizards, he lets out a sigh and wonders if he truly ought to bother explaining anything to her.
"The wizarding world exists coextensively with the non-magical world on a global scale, Miss Gallagher. The magical world exists coextensively in Britain, in America, Australia, the Middle East, Africa, any country you can think of. Just as non-magical folk inhabit the earth, so do witches and wizards."
And goblins and giants and elves and unicorns and centaurs... But he's going to keep this simple for Miss Gallagher. He doesn't have the patience to go beyond simple when it comes to explaining his world to a muggle.
And while he's telling her this, he spoons a teaspoon of coffee into her mug, pours a generous splash of milk into the mug, along with a teaspoon of sugar, and begins stirring it quickly. A little trick of basic chemistry where coffee reacts better to dissolving in cold liquids rather than hot.
"What I don't understand," he continues, standing the spoon in the mug to reach for the kettle, "is why you are still so skeptical after everything that happened in the mirror world." And by 'everything', he specifically means that which she saw and experienced him doing with his magic.
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"The wizarding world exists coextensively with the non-magical world on a global scale, Miss Gallagher. The magical world exists coextensively in Britain, in America, Australia, the Middle East, Africa, any country you can think of. Just as non-magical folk inhabit the earth, so do witches and wizards."
And goblins and giants and elves and unicorns and centaurs... But he's going to keep this simple for Miss Gallagher. He doesn't have the patience to go beyond simple when it comes to explaining his world to a muggle.
And while he's telling her this, he spoons a teaspoon of coffee into her mug, pours a generous splash of milk into the mug, along with a teaspoon of sugar, and begins stirring it quickly. A little trick of basic chemistry where coffee reacts better to dissolving in cold liquids rather than hot.
"What I don't understand," he continues, standing the spoon in the mug to reach for the kettle, "is why you are still so skeptical after everything that happened in the mirror world." And by 'everything', he specifically means that which she saw and experienced him doing with his magic.