Sam's almost-close-enough friend joined the Navy, but there's still the internet.
When I came out of the broom closet to my parents, my mother was glad to know that I "at least believe in SOMETHING" (she had been unhappy when I explained that I had become an agnostic a couple of years earlier). And then she'd pester me to do magic for her friends when they got sick or were down on their luck. (I swore a very binding oath never to use magic to affect another sentient being without getting their express permission. There's a loophole for people who aren't capable of giving permission - preverbal children, people in a coma, or animals. But animals aren't always as non-verbal as people assume.)
Re: Thoughts
When I came out of the broom closet to my parents, my mother was glad to know that I "at least believe in SOMETHING" (she had been unhappy when I explained that I had become an agnostic a couple of years earlier). And then she'd pester me to do magic for her friends when they got sick or were down on their luck. (I swore a very binding oath never to use magic to affect another sentient being without getting their express permission. There's a loophole for people who aren't capable of giving permission - preverbal children, people in a coma, or animals. But animals aren't always as non-verbal as people assume.)