"And the fact that he'd have to be neutral is one of the several reasons why it's unlikely."

"Could be he wasn't ever human, right, like he could have been born an elf or something. - it's been ten minutes, thank you for indulging this miniature reality television show, Chu-nüshi."

Awkward shrug. Portal to Antarctica up.

"That means 'you're welcome.'"

"Thank you for translating."

Caio's looking very sharp from the neck down in a hastily altered khaki suit over a white linen shirt. From the neck up he looks like a nervous wreck. He comes through the portal. "Hi, uh, everyone?"

"Hi, I'm May, you must be Caio."

Nod nod. "...you sound exactly like Bella, that's interesting."

"You're not wrong...they do have slightly different accents, though."

"Stands to reason, British Columbia's not too far from Washington but then I spent a few years in the South and a few more in the great melting pot."

"Arcadia's a melting pot too. Do you lot, or, uh possibly not literally all of you lot, want to come meet my roommates, see if you recognize them?"

"I do!"

"I absolutely do."

"This way!" Off she levitates.

Caio shoots an anxiously apologetic look at Kanimir.

Kanimir inclines his head. "It's her choice."

Nod nod.

"I usually go in through the window but for those of you who cannot do that -"

"Wizards can fly, it's just expensive."

"For those of you who do not find that within your budgets, behold: the front door of my swanky dorm." And then from there up to her suite.

"Hi, May, what's up with the crowd?"

"Some of these people are from another universe where some people have doppelgangers! I want to see if any of them recognize you, but if they don't that's not definitive, that's me." She points at Bella. "Also she's gay and has male admirers that I'm fielding now."

"Is that something you want to be doing, fielding your lesbian doppelganger's male admirers?"

"Oh, if I didn't find it terribly flattering she would have diverted them, obviously. Also they are wizards, not witches. Not just witches, Lucasta awakened some of 'em."

"Except Lucy's dad."