Enjoying your child like excitement, he describes his mindset during the fight, describing how the witch tried to daze him with her scream, but he was able to use a scorching ray. He knew the rain was just an illusion cast by the witch, so his spell had no worry of faltering. Being a student of the Arcanamirium, students must duel as part of their study, so this was simply a practice round, so entice new students and practice his skills.

When questioning Vox about the rest of the his questions, Vox responds, "No, I haven't seen Loto since his father kicked him out of the school. Apparently he had been caught bullying before, and his father made the decision. And that book? No, I haven't heard of it." A bell rings from the main building, and Vox looks at you, saying "I have to run, but as always, it was nice to see you!"

Mat knows that that bell means it's high sun, which means Mat needs to run to make it to his interview on time!