"Again, I'm going to be honest. As long as the mess gets cleaned up, I really don't care." Sam shook her head in emphasis, a crooked little smile creeping across her face. "Really. I'm assuming it'll be within a reasonable amount of time, but I acknowledge that that is an assumption, and even so? I still mean it. And about the witch thing..."

What about the witch thing? Her segue had stalled; with all of the things she could say, their conversational path did not fork but fan.

"About the witch thing, I don't know what to tell you. This is the first time I've had this kind of conversation, so I'm... searching for what I should say. I've never hurt anyone without a really good reason. My magic is more than that. My toast still lands butter-side-down if I drop it? And I mean well."