"Well, it's a mixture of that, and just being so faded I can't see it," Gretel explained, but there was a note of hope in her eyes. "But the library's not a bad idea... especially not if that little white witch is there."
The one with the curly hair who greeted her and Hansel with a wand half-drawn. After spending those few days listening to the girl, Gretel was convinced she had more brains in that one head than every citizen in Germany she and Hansel left behind.
"If good magic has survived as academically as seems with her, if there's someone here that can help, it's her."