He laughed. "Hey, I was pretty distracted myself." Kenneth handed over the pile of books he'd collected with a smile. "I was heading to the library to pick up a stack of books of my own."

From the front pocket of his too large sweater, Kenneth pulled a cloth bag. This too he shoved the stammering stranger's way. Then, he ginned and tugged at a piece of bright cloth sticking out from the sleeve of his sweater. He kept tugging, revealing what seemed like an infinite length of tied together handkerchiefs. Resisting a chance to practice some magic, well Kenneth couldn't do that!