"Dude, your top surgery is choice," Carey says the moment Magnus's shirt is over his head and off. He preens a little because he deserved to. And because it was choice. He's very happy with the results. But then Carey adds, "Who'd you get it done by?"
"Oh! Uh," and here's where the problem lies. "I... don't remember."
"You don't remember," Carey repeats, sounding a little disbelieving. Killian looks over to them now and squints at Magnus's chest.
"Uhhh," Magnus says. "Nope."
"Did you get like, black market top surgery, or?"
"I... don't think so," Magnus says.
"Magnus," Killian says, "if you hadn't left your packer in the middle of our goddamn bathroom-" Magnus grins a little sheepishly and Carey laughs. "-I would literally not know you were trans. I don't even see any scars."
"It's been a while since I got it done," Magnus says.
"Which was when?" Carey prompts. At Magnus's face, she throws her hands up. "You don't remember!"
"It was a while ago!" Magnus says. "I was like- I don't know, twenty-one? Ish? Twenty-two?"
"Magnus," Carey says. She puts her foam sparring halberd down and comes over to him. "Magnus, did you just wake up one morning with them gone? This-" she looks on the verge of laughter. "This is serious."
"If I tell you the truth, you're gonna laugh," Magnus says.
"Magnus," Carey says, laughing anyway. "How do you forget a whole fucking surgery?"
"It wasn't a surgery, it was a spell," Magnus says, because he knows that much.
"Pretty sure that's not a thing," Killian says.
"Why else do they call it transmutation, then, huh?" Carey buries her head into Magnus's side, snorting with laughter. "Look, I know it was a spell. I know it. Do I know who did it? N-"
"Was it Taako?" Carey interrupts, full of giggles. Magnus pauses.
...Was it Taako?
"No," he said, shaking his head. "I met Taako like, last year. I'm pretty sure I would remember if he did my top surgery. Top spellery? Is that anything?"
"It's nothing," Carey says. "I'm-" she wipes her eye, clearing her throat. "Maybe it's like, a voidfish thing. Like, maybe the Director fucked up-"
"And specifically erased Magnus's top surgery?" Killian asks doubtfully.
"It's a big fish," Carey says, which just seems to make Killian more confused, but Magnus nods in understanding.
"It's a big fish, Killian," he says.
"Are we gonna fucking spar or not?" Killian asks. "I came here to beat ass not uncover Magnus's whole backstory."
"My backstory is actually pretty simple," Magnus says and Carey groans, retracting herself from him. "I was born in Raven's Roost on a swelteringly hot day-"
Killian hits him over the head with her foam halberd.
