[ she twitches just a little because this is her brain right now, that tiny hamster is running frantically through the possibility that the other girl was making a reference to her delusional days believing she had occult gifts and could actually jinx things.

brain hamster verdict: ask again later ]

In between being told that we're less useful than the dirt our tired bodies are writhing on! [ so maybe there was a bit too much of non-cheery bite there so shinka raises the wattage on her smile ] I'm sure there's a purpose to all of this.

[ to motivate them to learn magic so they could curse that instructor's eyebrows off their face? ]