Re: good!
"The other wizards here need wands to cast their spells," Susan said, trying very hard not to be cross with him.
"And it's different for me, you see, having never come across materia or wands before. Or much of anything, really. And there are some rather odd people here, some with ships, and regular time-travellers, and people looking for spacemen ... materia could be anything to me, you see?"
They had just a few blocks to go, and Susan was glad; the sun was setting, and she was going to have to bus back to her apartment as it was, but the sooner, the better. One it dipped below the skyscrappers, it got pretty dark on the streets, pretty fast.