Well, magic talent does tend to run in families, so a child's tutor will often be a parent or some other relative. But many skilled magic users are quite willing to teach any child who is gifted enough to learn. [She sips her tea.] I do very much like that institution idea, though.

[And she shakes her head.] No, no, not like zombies. A bonewalker is essentially a skeleton with a weapon. Zombies don't use weapons, and tend to still have some flesh, even if it's rotting. [...For someone who just said that death isn't an appropriate topic of discussion, she's awfully nonchalant about rotting flesh.] But why would I have seen something that appears when you die? I'm clearly very much alive. ...For that matter, how have you seen such a thing?