When she remarked about "marrying muggle technologies and magic" he nodded. "That's the way the magical world in America is in a lot of places. There are traditional villages that have been refit with electric lights, outlets, even internet in places. Muggleborn like myself are extremely common compared to countries like England, and I think America has more half-bloods per capita than any other country that tracks it. When they get introduced to the magical world, many of them wonder why they have to give up the comforts they are used to to learn magic. This device may be the first such to mesh technology and magic together, but, hopefully it can make pureblood families and muggles learn to accept each other, at least for business purposes. And hopefully one day it will lead to even better devices that will bring the two worlds even closer together."

"I didn't find out I was a wizard until I was ten and a half, when my cousin and his wife started raising me. Before that I was a "devil child" and everyone was afraid of me. When I came to England, however, I found an entire world of people like me, and no one thought I was a freak. The day I got my first wand, my first true possession and the thing that proved I was really like all of the people around me, was the happiest day of my life. I actually used that memory to summon my Patronus for years. Then I got to school and found out how far behind I was and spent my first few years practicing every minute of my spare time. I used to walk down the hall carrying my books with a levitation charm just so that I could get stronger. Unfortunately for my social life, I didn't slow down when I got caught up and ended up passing my fellow students and my lessons, except in a few areas. That made school boring, so I left as soon as I could."

Amelia then tried to mimic her younger self and Mark smiled. "Yes, that's the kid I remember always seeing in the library." He wasn't sure if the last part was a flirtation or not, so he went for what he thought was the neutral response. "Yes, I'm sure we can make it up to each other some time soon. I'll be sure to help you with anything you might need."