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[lilium_evansiae]

Wingardium Leviosa is a first year spell, one Lily's had down for years now, simple levitation.

Still, it's good to practice the basics sometimes.

Which is why there's a small brown teapot (empty, of course) hovering about five feet above a table tonight.

And below it, a redheaded witch with her wand out, watching it slowly spin in the air.

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[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

"Most of the time, yes," says Ellen. "Sometimes they just get confused and then there has to be a lot of explanation on both sides. Once in a while you run into people who're really unpleasant, but they're kind of rare- by the way, if you run into an English policeman named Nicholas Angel, don't even try talking to him. He seems to think that everywhere in the world, in anybody's world, ought to behave exactly like the way he thinks his world's supposed to be."

[lilium_evansiae]

"Nicholas Angel," she repeats. "Right.

"I know people like that. Back home, I mean.

"I don't like talking to them, either."

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

Ellen just shakes her head. "I know I should be more patient, but people like that just get under my skin," she says. "Good thing most people around here aren't like that."

[lilium_evansiae]

"I guess you only need to be patient if you think there's a chance of changing their minds.

"Otherwise you're just wasting time and making yourself unhappy."