Her hands instinctively went to her crown even after it returned to its original shape. Something like surprise registered on her face. Margo hadn’t been expecting to run into another magic user right away, which was what she assumed Erik to be. Her eyes narrowed slightly for a fraction of a second before she considered it was probably a bad idea to piss off the locals.

“Until the City lets me go?” She echoed. “I have serious business somewhere else. This is bullshit.” Margo shook her head. It was all misdirected anger up until a point. Then she had a personal grievance to bring up with him. “And just to be clear, using magic just to screw with a newcomer??” She gestured to her crown. “That’s douchebag behavior.”