This clueless mage was pouring cold water on the serious mood.
"Do you even sleep at all?"
"I slept on the way here. On the train, in the carriage."
"That means you didn't sleep at night! What on earth are you so busy researching every night?"
Penelope bit her lip, suddenly realizing she’d overreacted. She caught herself getting more worked up than necessary.
"What’s the point of asking? He’s probably been thinking about how to build a camera again."
She regretted mentioning "cameras" to Ahwin during Seine's middle school entrance celebration.