It is nothing at all to go from one to one hundred, one quadrillion, or even infinity: all you need is the ability to expand upon what’s already there, and the patience to keep on doing it until the work is done.

But to get one out of zero, something from nothing, a beginning out of the void, is something else entirely. Most witches wouldn’t even be able to imagine doing such a thing; Maria doesn’t even need to think twice before she’s created a friend for herself where once there was nothing, so she gets a title as special as she is: The Witch of Origins.