You're not wrong. Honestly they're very lucky we're all spread out. All it takes is one alumni key and you can walk right in. I guess part of it is knowing you'd be in for one hell of a fight, with people who are better trained and skilled than you are. Marina, the hedge witch who got me started in a lot of ways, was a former Brakebills student. They wipe your memory when you get kicked out, so they held all her memories of magic from her.
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