Bella is now rather thoroughly aware that her herbs smell like herbs and neither a wizard nor a botanist will be fooled by the potpourri-related explanation she has prepared if her parents run into her collections.

She's also pretty thoroughly aware that she wouldn't be willing to pick up hitchhikers if she didn't have magic, and by a similar token wouldn't have picked up this one if she'd known he was magic.

Well, he doesn't seem to be doing anything threatening.

"There's certainly more of it here than where I live most of the year," she agrees.