It's nonsense because all magic 'families' started somewhere, and that was with someone in an ordinary household being born with it. [ he clicks his tongue, annoyed. ] I've argued with Salazar over it for ages now.

[ but more importantly, this trace thing.. he hesitates, then reaches out, fingers waving through the air as if grasping something near her. ]

It's this foreign bit near you, isn't it? [ offensive to the uttermost, some stranger telling one how one is and isn't allowed to use one's magic. urging ethics, morality, that's one thing-- but trying to control people? ] It doesn't really feel like anything. Spider-silk, maybe. [ fine, almost invisible, almost unbreakable. ] --Hasn't anyone sorted out a way to dispel it yet?