"You got to attend Hogwarts? I'm a Salem girl - not for lack of wishing, just lack of opportunity," Steph says, grinning.

Nitty-gritty can come later; broad strokes suit Steph just fine.

"Worked my backside off to get into the Auror program here, though. There's nothing in the US that compares. And I just never seem to have got around to leaving."

Why would she?