"I don't really know", Adrien replied, feeling the palms of his hands turn sweaty. "I -- I guess I will be a full-fledged sorcerer. I'll be enchanting things, making potions, all of that -- on commission. So I hope".

Giorgio's only reply to that was a "hm" somewhere between pensive and scoffing. He picked up his newspaper again, forked his glasses on his face, and resumed his reading. Adrien stared at him for a few seconds, stunned; then he breathed out through his nose, and went to find Val in one of the aisles.

Val was crouching on the floor next to his basket as he inspected a jar of fig jam. He looked up at Adrien as he walked towards him. "Are you alright?", he mouthed to Adrien.

Adrien replied with a sharp nod.

"Are you sure?".

Adrien paused; then he mouthed a "yes", which he accompanied with a shrug.