Alex was interested, she couldn't help it, and gave him a slightly guilty looking grin when he mentioned the being eleven thing. Having an entire lack of chill, Alex knew, could make her appear far less mature than she normally was, even if the things that she'd listed with magic were things that of course she'd actually do until the novelty of them wore off. "How long ago was he taught?"

That seemed important somehow, and Alex was definitely interested, because the way Peter described it made Alex picture something from a fantasy movie or a long distant past that was probably equally fictional.