“Of course not. There is no such thing as witches.”

Abstractly Martin knows that he ought to be acting mature and responsible. That he ought to be both setting a good example and being polite to his guest. (Which is what Illya clearly is. Never mind that the both of them are technically strangers in this place. He found the smaller boy and he is inviting him to his apartment. If that doesn’t make him a guest what does?) So the skeptical scoffing noise he makes isn’t truly meant to be mocking or cruel, though it may sound that way without his meaning it. It’s only that he is so much older after all.

“Magic is dumb. Not like science. That makes sense. Science can put people on the moon, so maybe it can put people somewhere else in time too.”