She sees his eyes wander. It takes her a second to understand the significance. "It must seem like a lifetime ago," she says, gauging his reaction.

She lifts up a wand that she was using for a wand's original purpose -
tracing the lines she was reading. "I've done some studies into magical traditions before, but this is a completely new methodology for me. And a troubling one - the author straight-up calls the Goetia 'evil spirits.'"