Allie smiled then, and cuddled back up to Albus, her arms squeezing him again as she settled against her friend. It was a silly thing to say, as magic had no personality, but she’d understood it. Her mother said something similar and Frankie too. They’d both been around for over a year. Tried as she might, Alice wasn’t sure she could picture it, but she found she wasn’t completely against it either. “Of course the magic likes you, Alby. You’d be hard pressed to find someone who didn’t. But I hope I stay here too. I’ll fight any magic that tries to tell me otherwise.”