How bad can it be

"Huh, interesting."

She tilted her head, considering it. Based on what she knew of magic, what he was describing wasn't too far out, but the mechanics of how it seemed to work wasn't what she'd normally expect.

"I, um, don't suppose you'd be willing to demonstrate? N-not the uh, hellfire thing," She quickly clarified, asking him to set something on fire was probably a little too destructive for a friendly demonstration in the middle of the city. "But at least the shapeshifting?"

Wednesday watched as the transformation took place, not in the way someone might gawk at seeing some new trick, but with her usual inquisitive, analytical eye. She took note on the appearance of the runes, committing the shapes to memory as his body shrunk down into the rabbit. She blinked down as he hopped onto the table.

"That's...kinda cute actually...aw..."

She was tempted to reach out and scratched behind his ears the same way she might with her cat, but decided against it. That'd be kinda weird, and she was doing a good job of not being weird so far.

"That looked interesting. Thanks for showing me." She smiled.

Wednesday was actually still thinking of the transformation process as he shifted back. The whole thing had started to give her ideas; maybe using the same method channelled through her familiar...

But before she could go full into magic nerd mode and think about it some more the topic of conversation swung back to herself. Wednesday rubbed the back of her neck, looking slightly embarrassed before she spoke.

"Well um...before I came to the island my family were pretty um, traditional, you could say." She explained. "I didn't really get exposed to a lot of the things kids my age usually are. I didn't even get internet access for most of my life."

The more time she'd spent on the island the more her sheltered upbringing seemed to stand out in her mind. Spending time with Tuesday did help to rectify that somewhat, but it didn't help how awkward she felt with other teens.

"I'm still uh, trying to feel out music that I like. I'm still catching up on movies as well. I um...I like fantasy movies? I used to read a lot of fantasy books as well, my family thought it was kinda stupid since, you know, not much point in reading about fake magic when I could be learning real magic..."

At least they never figured out what she named her cat for. She wouldn't have heard the end of it if they did.

"What about you?"

"I think it was less just the magic and more...well, not wasting time on stories instead of practical stuff, I guess."

She shrugged, lips pulling tight after she spoke, frowning to herself. She was aware it wasn't exactly normal treatment, they were similarly harsh to her siblings but were more willing to turn a blind eye to them. It was just another symptom of her families initial view of her. Unfortunately, she wasn't exactly able to ask them for their reasoning anymore. So she let the conversation move from herself again, listening attentively as he spoke. She could relate in a way, to being something of a loner, even if the reasons for why for both of them were different.

"Sounds like you keep yourself busy. I can imagine you being someone who likes dancing, just based on, um, how you enter a room." She said, with a light chuckle. "Is uh, the journalism why we're talking now? Just so you can say you actually know everything at the school?"

With the way she smiled after saying that it almost looked like she was trying to make a joke. That's gotta be some sign of progress.