Principles of Magic

TRANSCRIPT:

Pepper looks concerned.

Pepper: If anything you’ve ever told me is true, that boarding school was as bad as this one.

Avery: You were at another school before Signet? I guess I just assumed we all lived with our parents.

Pepper: Well, I USED to live with my parents. They sent me here when I was ten.

Avery: TEN!?

Pepper shrugs.

Pepper: What can I say? I’m a veteran.

Avery: How long have you been here, Charlie?

Charlie looks nonplussed.

Charlie: Almost two years, and I’ve never been home once.

Avery: This place is a prison.

Pepper leans into frame.

Pepper: I mean, yeah, but you shouldn’t say it. I don’t want you to get in trouble.