[ in magnus' absence, she has to be offended for his sake. ]

The runes would only work on me, anyway. Everyone else is too human.

[ too normal compared to her, but that's not a line of self-loathing thought she wants to entertain for more than a single moment. ]

Some woman stopped me earlier because she thought I was her daughter. Said something about "that snotty scientist" from the Institute being at fault. She sounded pretty adamant about it.