Marisa blinked. She had to play that conversation over in her head several times before she was confident she had heard her right. "What? Fond like...well, like fond? Even after all the trouble I get you in?"

Which she did. She justified it in various ways. It gave them something to do. She was gonna bring the books back. The eternal community of magicians. Knowledge was meant to be shared. But really deep down she knew she irritated the hell out of most of the mansion.