“I don’t know!” yelled Amanita, making Bitterroot jump. “Maybe, yes, I was that stupid. Maybe I was making excuses because I respected her ability to teach me. Maybe-” She groaned and shot a bolt of magic that vaporized a small snowdrift. “In the end, I don’t know why I thought that. It- Look, the ‘why’ isn’t important now, okay? And what happened to ‘I’ll keep quiet’?”