When questioned on her familiarity with magic Lily was torn between transparency and choosing to be selectively vague. Using magic freely had brought her a fair bit of grief back on the Stairs of Sighs, and since then she had been a bit more cautious, however welcome magic seemed to be here.

"Familiar," she said finally, settling on an answer that was both honest, and entirely noncommittal - he could always mistake her for a scholar of some kind - which made it the safe choice. "Familiar enough to know there's more to it than just this," Lily concluded, gesturing up at the Beacon.