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Alysha was attempting to look like a real grown up teacher-person as she sat carefully behind her desk, waiting for all the students to arrive. At least she hadn't ended up teaching art. No matter what her dad had said about her skills with macaroni and glue, Alysha was totally confident that art was not for her. Ethics on the other hand, was pretty much hilarious given the Gales' approach to making the world bend around them. Usually not literally.

She stood up once all the seats were filled. "Good morning, everyone," she said with a tiny smile. "I'm Alysha Gale, and this is Magical Ethics. If you're in the wrong class, you probably should leave now. If you're not awake yet cause it's too damn early, get more coffee next week."

"In this class, we're to talk about the ethics of magical use. Do people who use magic or have innate powers or who can simply do things that others can't have certain obligations to the rest of society? Should magic users be treated differently? Should they have different kinds of rights? Just because you can create water out of thin air, is it your responsibility to do it when people are dying of thirst? If you can fly, is it your responsibility to catch someone falling?"

Alysha raised an eyebrow. "Now from what I know of the school here, I'm guessing a lot of you are going to have different opinions on all this stuff, and that's totally cool. Have different opinions, argue, and actually talk about this shit - stuff. I don't give a crap if you're tactful, but keep it civil or leave. If you leave, come talk to me in my office hours or after class. I'm not reffing anyone dropping their gloves in here." That only happened at home when her cousins got overeager on the hockey rink.

"Right," she surveyed the class, flexing her fingers and barely keeping from retracing the charm on the desk to allow her to hear any whispering in the classroom. "I'm told introductions are traditional on the first day, but whatever. We'll get to all of that. For now, I'd like you all to pair up and talk about what you think about this whole idea. What's ethical magic usage? Can you make a rain of frogs just for kicks? Can you change someone's mind to make things easier for yourself? For your country? Try it out and see where you all disagree. I'll be walking around and listening in. After class if Edmund Pevenise and Tony Foster would stop by to have a chat, I'd appreciate it."

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"It is," Alex agreed. "Back home, the only other people who use magic are my family. So, it's one big secret."

Tara raised an eyebrow. "Like, the only people in the world, or just the only people you know?" she asked, by way of clarification.

"The only people I know in my town," Alex clarified. "There was one other wizard but I think he moved away," she added, not entirely sure.

"Oh, cool," Tara nodded. "So -- you must have all kinds of rules about how you can use it and, y'know, not get caught."

She was hoping to get to the ethics topic, yes.

Yes, that was what they were there for.

"Yeah, mostly rules made up by my dad," Alex explained. "We're not supposed to use magic with supervision." Like she ever followed that rule. "And obviously, we can't use magic in public unless absolutely necessary in order to keep our secret safe."

She was fairly certain the world wasn't ready to know that magic actually existed.

"The supervision thing isn't really big with my mom?" Tara said. "I mean, it was when I was learning, but now ..." she waved a hand. "But yeah, using magic in p-public is just going to mean you get asked a whole bunch of questions you can't answer."

"And seriously freak people out," Alex added. She might have been thinking of a few people in particular. "I'm still learning, so my dad tries to emphasize the supervision rule a lot."

Except in this case, since she was away from him. One point for her.

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