"I assume it's because they'd react poorly, or they did in the past. 'She's a witch, burn her!' kind of stuff. They never said much about wizards, but I doubt it would have gone much better." Eli commented. That saying had become something of a joke in the muggle world, believing that witches and wizards didn't exist, and he wondered if kids in this world were never taught about it; to him it seemed only more important that they would be, but perhaps parents didn't want to scare their children or turn them against the muggles.<br/><br/>Eli smiled at that, especially when she seemed to be holding his hand for a moment, "It didn't seem so boring when I was a kid, but then I came here. Even their animals are somewhat dull, in comparison."<br/><br/>He kept himself from frowning when she jumped up to get some candy, and looked over and shrugged. "Some of those jelly bean things, I guess." He said. He really should have known what they were called by now, but couldn't quite remember.