malcolm went on ONE DIG and ended up sucked into the fucking multiverse but i'm sure they would get on like thieves! mal was a relatively happy book nerd pre-powers, but read the wrong damn book 5 years ago, and was actually gone for 3 years before popping back in 2018. since then he's still pretty bookish and a bit more snarky just because he saw a lot of damn shit in the multiverse, and it's hard to not be a little dickish about things, BUT he's fond of magic and seeking out new magic and new knowledge and other magic users, as long as they don't mind his sentient, annoying cape