[ There's a quirk of a smile when he says they might have kicked him out, too. Same hat? Same hat. ]

Wouldn't mind if mine bit it.

[ If she thinks about that statement too hard she might start feeling guilty or something, so she's just gonna shove it aside. ]

We've got some of that too. You don't just start off knowing your ritual. It didn't take me too long to figure it out--it's like, magic kind of... attaches itself to things that matter to you? And I always loved singing.