"That ain't been much of a worry for me," Corbie laughed. "I mean there was that engine under Summerdown that almost killed all of us, but I wasn't allowed to get close enough to that, and wizards in general don't much use magic for direct combat where I'm from." She could feel the babble building up inside her, but she couldn't stop it from happening. Not until she finally just spit out what it was that she wanted. "And the Automaton of Corybant almost took my head off that one time but there was fuck all I could've done at the time 'cause I barely knew anything at all and--

"Will you teach me?" she finished, her voice getting very small. But while her urge was to duck and hide, she made herself lift her chin. Even though she could feel her cheeks turning pink.