[ she's grasped interest at the mention of people with similar abilities. she has plenty of her own friends fully capable with their individual strengths, but none work with the kind of magic she does. she's the only one of her kind, after all, and even with the experiments performed on many others, she was the only one who ended up with magic like this — and the only survivor.

but her brow raises at the continued explanation of the girl's only proclaimed secret. ]

That sounds rather overwhelming. Anything with politics always comes with its complications, I can't imagine being born into it. But I'm — I'm sorry. I know what that's like. Not quite belonging because of who you are.