There was a small laugh. "I meant magic as in metaphorically, not quite literally." Well that would teach him to not speak that way if the lady was going to take his word on everything. Come to think of it the same lesson applied to his daughter who would believe a blue sky was green if he told her it was so.

Seeing Sakura poke and peek into the coffee grounds had him smile and pick his cup back up. Moving over to the refrigerator, he shook his head.

"They can be reused for other things I'm told such as fertilizer and cleaning pots and pans." That was just a start, but he grabbed a premade batch of the honeycakes he'd made for Buttercup and moved over to the oven to preheat it.

"But if you're hungry, give me about ten to fifteen minutes and I can fix that."