That's Piper's job. [ And instantly, he pauses with a wince, but gives himself a mental shake and makes himself refocus on the fixing this thing. ]

It was from the monarchs, yeah. And hey, you never know when all this magic of theirs is going to go loco. The fairy rings could stop working someday and we'd never know until they do. Like you said, it doesn't make sense, but it can't be that much different than science. Get the wrong wires crossed and everything could go to Tartarus.

I just figured I'd try things out here first, since nothing will actually work out there. It's slow, but I was making some progress before all... this, [ he says, gesturing at all the snow. ]