"Then aim to learn magic that will let you evade the army. Or control them like puppets," she replies with just enough of a smile to continue to suggest she might be teasing, even though her tone of voice is as casual as one discussing the cloudy sky.

Come on Michael, be creative. Or don't - it would be awfully funny for the one person in a world with magic to be executed once their powers were shown to be too out of hand. Or imprisoned, and kept as a subject of study. What a tragic little end to a life.